Ira Gershwin : the art of the lyricist / Philip Furia.

By:

Furia, Philip, 1943-2019

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: vii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

0195082990
9780195082999

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

782.1/4/092

LOC classification:

B ML 423 G381F 1996

Online resources:

Contents:

Bidin' my time: 1896-1917 Boy wanted: 1918-1924 That certain feeling: 1924-1927 'S wonderful: 1927-1930 Sweeping the country: 1930-1933 Necessarily so: 1933-1935 Fun to be fooled: 1934-1936 Here to stay: 1936-1938 This is new: 1939-1941 Sing me not a ballad: 1941-1945 Lonelier and tougher: 1951-1954 The long, long night: 1954-1983

Summary: In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the development of Ira Gershwin's lyrical art from his early love of light verse and Gilbert and Sullivan, through his apprentice work in Tin Pan Alley, to his emergence as a prominent writer for the Broadway musical theater in the 1920s. Furia illuminates his work in satirical operettas such as Of Thee I Sing and Strike Up the Band, the smart "little" revues of the 1930s, and his contributions to the opera Porgy and Bess.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	B ML 423 G381F 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000186845

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bidin' my time: 1896-1917
Boy wanted: 1918-1924
That certain feeling: 1924-1927
'S wonderful: 1927-1930
Sweeping the country: 1930-1933
Necessarily so: 1933-1935
Fun to be fooled: 1934-1936
Here to stay: 1936-1938
This is new: 1939-1941
Sing me not a ballad: 1941-1945
Lonelier and tougher: 1951-1954
The long, long night: 1954-1983

In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the development of Ira Gershwin's lyrical art from his early love of light verse and Gilbert and Sullivan, through his apprentice work in Tin Pan Alley, to his emergence as a prominent writer for the Broadway musical theater in the 1920s. Furia illuminates his work in satirical operettas such as Of Thee I Sing and Strike Up the Band, the smart "little" revues of the 1930s, and his contributions to the opera Porgy and Bess.

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