Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard

Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard
Author: George Gershwin
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Motion picture music
ISBN: 9780571526772

A terrific collection of songs by George Gershwin that the composer has arranged as piano solos. Ideal for the intermediate pianist and a great insight into the mind of one America's greatest composers. Titles: The Man I Love * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * Do It Again * Fascinating Rhythm * Oh, Lady Be Good * Somebody Loves Me * Sweet and Low Down * Clap Yo' Hands * Do Do Do * My One and Only * 'S Wonderful * Strike Up the Band * I Got Rhythm * Who Cares? * That Certain Feeling * Liza

The Gershwins and Me

The Gershwins and Me
Author: Michael Feinstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451645309

Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.

George Gershwin: His Life & Music

George Gershwin: His Life & Music
Author: Ean Wood
Publisher: Bobcat Books
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2012-04-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857128140

"In the summer of 1937 George Gershwin died suddenly from a brain tumour at the age of 38. His tragically early death stunned the world. A composer of classical and popular music, he had summed up the unique qualities of what is meant by ""American music"". This book sheds fresh light on the man and includes exclusive interviews with musicians who knew him, material from the Gershwin family archives and coverage of the composer's musical works in full."

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue
Author: George Gershwin
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 42
Release: 1994-11-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457493438

To provide greater availability for a work of such importance, the original publishers secured from Gershwin a solo piano version wherein the orchestral parts are fused together with the solo piano part (PS0047). Due to concerns that the composer's arrangement presented too many technical demands to pianists not possessing the requisite technique, a modified arrangement was delicately solicited from pianists of the time. (Gershwin's untimely death precluded any modification from the composer himself.) Many attempts at technical modifications were rejected on ethical grounds until Herman Wasserman--who taught Gershwin to play the piano--submitted a manuscript which became this edition. Several prominent pianists who reviewed the score all attested to the amazing reduction in technical demands while retaining the clarity, sonority, and brilliance of the original. This edition is designed for Early Advanced pianists, although some sections, including the well-known Moderato middle section, are accessible to those performing at less-advanced levels.

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue
Author: George Gershwin
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1994-11-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457493462

Arranged for one piano, four hands.

George Gershwin

George Gershwin
Author: Catherine Reef
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781883846589

Traces the life of the American Jewish composer who created a new kind of music that has lasted beyond the fashion of his time.

Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Author: Mitchell James Kaplan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982104023

“[A] shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin’s star-crossed love.” —Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author In the vein of the New York Times bestseller Loving Frank, this fascinating and compelling novel “will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) as it explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine “Kay” Swift. When Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a performance of Rhapsody in Blue by a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin, her world is turned upside down. Transfixed, she’s helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George’s death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. Set in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.

The Man I Love

The Man I Love
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 999
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781638871019

The Man I Love" is a classic American standard with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. It was originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin musical comedy Oh, Lady, Be Good!. The song was deleted from that show and put into the Gershwins' 1927 government satire Strike Up the Band, where it appears as both "The Man I Love" and "The Girl I Love." Popular recordings in 1920s were by Marion Harris; Sophie Tucker; Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (vocal by Vaughn De Leath); and by Fred Rich and His Orchestra (vocal also by Vaughn De Leath). As with many standards from that era, it has become far more famous as a stand-alone popular song than as one from a Broadway musical. This symphonic arrangement of "The Man I Love" by Tom Myron is based on George Gershwin's original piano-vocal and solo piano versions of the song. The style of orchestration is meant to strongly evoke the symphonic world of pre-war Broadway and Golden Age Hollywood."

Easy Gershwin

Easy Gershwin
Author: George Gershwin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 22
Release: 1998
Genre: Piano music, Arranged
ISBN: 9788872079713

Nine of Gershwin's most significant songs have been simplified for the beginning pianist, beautifully engraved, and printed on high quality paper. A very elegant edition. Titles are: Fascinating Rhythm * Embraceable You * Oh, Lady Be Good * Summertime * Blues * I Got Rhythm * Somebody Loves Me * But Not for Me * The Man I Love.

The Memory of All that

The Memory of All that
Author: Joan Peyser
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781423410256

This is a startlingly fresh account of the life of one of the greatest 20th-century Americans, composer and songwriter George Gershwin. Joan Peyser examines Gershwin's character, his complex relationship with brother and collaborator Ira, and his several romantic affairs. This 2006 edition includes newly discovered information in a new author's introduction.