The Cambridge Companion to Gershwin Paperback / softback
Edited by Anna Harwell (Georgetown University, Washington DC) Celenza
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Music series
Paperback / softback
Description
George Gershwin is often described as a quintessentially American composer.
This Cambridge Companion explains why, engaging with the ways in which his music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests.
As a composer and performer, Gershwin embraced technological advances and broke new ground in music business practices.
In the decades preceding World War II, he captured the mechanistic pulse of modern life with his concert works and lay the groundwork for the Great American Songbook with his Broadway shows and film music.
With his brother Ira, and his cousins Henry and B. A. Botkin, Gershwin explored various ethnic and cultural identities and contemplated their roles in US culture.
His music confronted race during the Jim Crow era and continues to engage with issues of race today.
This interdisciplinary exploration of Gershwin's life and music describes his avowed pursuit of an 'American' musical identity and its ongoing legacy.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 9 Printed music items; 5 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2019
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- ISBN:9781108437646
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 9 Printed music items; 5 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108437646
