The Cambridge companion to Gershwin / edited by Anna Celenza.
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TextSeries: Cambridge companions to musicPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: 356 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108437646 (pbk.) :Other title: Companion to GershwinSubject(s): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation | Music -- United States -- 20th century -- Criticism and interpretation | Music | MusicDDC classification: 780.9'2 Summary: George Gershwin is often described as a quintessentially American composer. This title eplains why, engaging with the ways in which his music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests. As a composer and performer, Gershwin embraced technological advances and broke new ground in music business practices. In the decades preceding WWII, he captured the mechanistic pulse of modern life with his concert works and lay the groundwork for the Great American Songbook with his Broadway shows and film music. With his brother Ira, and his cousins Henry and B. A. Botkin, Gershwin explored ethnic and cultural identities and contemplated their roles in US culture. His music confronted race during the Jim Crow era and continues to engage with issues of race today.
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| 780.92 FIT Brian Ferneyhough / | 780.92 FRA César Franck and his circle / | 780.92 FRI The early works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908 / | 780.92 GER The Cambridge companion to Gershwin / | 780.92 GES Gesualdo / | 780.92 GES Gesualdo : the man and his music. | 780.92 GIB The life of Schubert / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
George Gershwin is often described as a quintessentially American composer. This title eplains why, engaging with the ways in which his music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests. As a composer and performer, Gershwin embraced technological advances and broke new ground in music business practices. In the decades preceding WWII, he captured the mechanistic pulse of modern life with his concert works and lay the groundwork for the Great American Songbook with his Broadway shows and film music. With his brother Ira, and his cousins Henry and B. A. Botkin, Gershwin explored ethnic and cultural identities and contemplated their roles in US culture. His music confronted race during the Jim Crow era and continues to engage with issues of race today.
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