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100			_aCrawford, Richard
245		0	_aSummertime _b: George Gershwin's life in music _c/ Richard Crawford.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_b: W. W. Norton & Company _c, [2019] _aNew York
300			_axxix, 596 p. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aBib and Ref
520			_aThe life of a beloved American composer reflected through his music, writings, and letters. Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway. He composed a long run of musical comedies, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, but his aspirations reached beyond commercial success. In 1924-- at just twenty-five-- his first instrumental composition, Rhapsody in Blue, was an instant classic premiered by Paul Whiteman's jazz orchestra. Having polished his skills as an orchestrator, he pushed boundaries again in 1935 with the groundbreaking folk opera, Porgy and Bess. Crawford traces the arc of Gershwin's life, blending colorful anecdotes with a discussion of Gershwin's unforgettable oeuvre.
650			_aComposers--United States--Biography.
942			_cREF
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