The George Gershwin Reader

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I : Portraits of the Artist 1: Ira Gershwin: "In person, my brother was a good deal like his music" (1961) 2: Frances Gershwin Godowsky: "George Gershwin Was My Brother" (1962) 3: Kay Swift: "Did you ever feel that composer resembled his music?" (ca.
• Part II : The Growing Limelight (1919-1924) 8: George Gershwin: Letter to Max Abramson (1918) 9: Dolly Dalrymple: "Pianist, Playing Role of Columbus, Makes Another American Discovery: Beryl Rubinstein Says This Country Possesses Genius Composer" (1922) 10
• Part III : Fame and Fortune (1924-1930) 17: Philip Furia: "Lady, Be Good!" (1996) 18: Ira Gershwin: Letter to Lou and Emily Paley (November 26, 1924) 19: Alec Wilder: "That Certain Feeling" (1972) 20: Carl Van Vechten: "George Gershwin, An American Compos
• Part IV : Maturity (1930-1935) 38: Making Music 39: Satire to Music 40: George Gershwin 41: Of Thee I Sing, Kaufman-Ryskind Musical Comedy Satire at the Music Box 42: A Music Master Talks of His Trials 43: From William Grant Still: A Study in Contradictio
• Part V : Porgy and Bess 53: From America's Folk Opera 54: Selected Correspondence 55: George Gershwin Arrives to Plan Opera on Porgy 56: Porgy and Bess, Native Opera, Opens at the Alvin: Gershwin's Work Based on DuBose Heyward's Play 57: Rhapsody in Catfi
• Part VI : Last Years: Hollywood (1936-1937) 60: Hollywood - An Ending 61: Gershwin Analyzes Science of Rhythm 62: Radio Pays a Debt 63: A Foggy Day 64: Letters to Zenna Hannenfeldt 65: Letters to Mabel Schirmer 66: Letter to Emily Paley 67: Letter to Henr
• Part VII : Obituaries and Eulogies 71: Report in Variety 72: George Gershwin 73: Hail and Farewell: Career and Position of George Gershwin in American Music 74: Poem 75: Tribute 76: Gershwin Left $341,089 Estate to His Mother; 'Rhapsody in Blue' Appraised
• Part VIII : As Time Passes 78: Music by Slide Rule 79: Gershwin on Gershwin 80: Gershwin, Schillinger, and Dukelsky: Some Reminiscences 81: Why Don't You Run Upstairs and Write a Nice Gershwin Tune? 82: George Gershwin 83: George Gershwin: yes, the sounds
• Bibliography Credits
• Index