Georges Gershwin:

A New Biography

Praeger Frederick A, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 279 pages

Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan—and no music fan—should be without.

George Gershwin pioneered the crossover from Broadway musicals to concert audiences, culminating in what is arguably America's greatest opera, Porgy and BesS≪/i>. In William G. Hyland's new biography, Gershwin's personality and music are reexamined. Hyland illustrates how the composer's craftsmanship was criticized and his music was relegated to the status of lowbrow for decades, until the relatively recent appreciation of his achievements.

Yet for all of his artistic brilliance, Gershwin was vulnerable and discontented in his personal life. Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan—and no music fan—should be without.

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About the author (2003)

WILLIAM G. HYLAND served a long career with the United States Government--at the White House, the State Department, and the NSC--and for ten years was the editor of Foreign Affairs Quarterly. He is the author of many works on international politics, as well as The Song Is Ended: Songwriters and American Music, 1900-1950 and Richard Rodgers.

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Title	Georges Gershwin: A New Biography
Author	William G. Hyland
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Praeger Frederick A, 2003
ISBN	0275981118, 9780275981112
Length	279 pages
Subjects	Biography & Autobiography › Entertainment & Performing Arts Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts Music / General

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