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OverviewIn this welcome addition to the immensely popular Yale Broadway Masters series, Larry Starr focuses fresh attention on George Gershwin's Broadway contributions and examines their centrality to the composer's entire career. Starr presents Gershwin as a composer with a unified musical vision-a vision developed on Broadway and used as a source of strength in his well-known concert music. In turn, Gershwin's concert-hall experience enriched and strengthened his musicals, leading eventually to his great ""Broadway opera,"" Porgy and Bess. Through the prism of three major shows-Lady Be Good (1924), Of Thee I Sing (1931), and Porgy and Bess (1935)-Starr highlights Gershwin's distinctive contributions to the evolution of the Broadway musical. In addition, the author considers Gershwin's musical language, his compositions for the concert hall, and his movie scores for Hollywood in the light of his Broadway experience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Larry StarrPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.463kg ISBN: 9780300111842ISBN 10: 0300111843 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 14 December 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsSelected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the Music category.--Choice Outstanding Academic Title Choice (03/12/2012) An admirable effort to understand the key shows in Gershwin''s career and how the productions shaped him as a composer. --;i>The Wall Street Journal<br> --Eric Felten The Wall Street Journal Author InformationLarry Starr is a Professor of music history, University of Washington. He lives in Seattle. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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