Gershwin - by Edward Jablonski (Paperback)

Name: Gershwin - by Edward Jablonski (Paperback)
SKU: 1002476982
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Highlights

This still unrivaled biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief life--from the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hall--of George Gershwin (1898-1937), a man whose music (Lady Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess) and career--like F. Scott Fitzgerald's--embodied the glamorous success and lost possibilities of the Jazz Age.
About the Author: Edward Jablonski is the author of The Gershwin Years: George and Ira (with Lawrence D. Stewart--available from Da Capo/ Perseus Books Group), Arlen: Happy with the Blues, Alan Jay Lerner, and many others.
460 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Music

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About the Book

Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anecdotes and rare, never-before-published photographs--this fascinating portrait brings us closer to the real persona of George Gershwin than ever before. 81 black-and-white photographs.

Book Synopsis

This still unrivaled biography portrays with precision and insight the tragically brief life--from the Brooklyn tenements to Broadway, Hollywood, and Carnegie Hall--of George Gershwin (1898-1937), a man whose music (Lady Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess) and career--like F. Scott Fitzgerald's--embodied the glamorous success and lost possibilities of the Jazz Age.

About the Author

Edward Jablonski is the author of The Gershwin Years: George and Ira (with Lawrence D. Stewart--available from Da Capo/ Perseus Books Group), Arlen: Happy with the Blues, Alan Jay Lerner, and many others. He lives in New York City.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.3 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Music

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Number of Pages: 460

Publisher: Da Capo

Format: Paperback

Author: Edward Jablonski

Language: English

Street Date: August 22, 1998

TCIN: 1002476982

UPC: 9780306808470

Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-1030

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.3 pounds

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