Porgy and Bess / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

“…Porgy and Bess.…”

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess : a 75th anniversary celebration / by Thompson, Robin, 1948-

Subjects: “…Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.…”

The life and times of Porgy and Bess : the story of an American classic / by Alpert, Hollis, 1916-2007

Subjects: “…Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.…”

The singer's musical theatre anthology.

Table of Contents: “…A man and a woman -- Porgy and Bess. Bess, you is my woman ; I loves you, Porgy ; What you want wid bess? …”

Black opera : history, power, engagement / by André, Naomi Adele

Table of Contents: “…Contextualizing Race and Gender in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess --…”

George Gershwin / by Starr, Larry

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Broadway yearbook.

Table of Contents: “…-- Amadeus -- Waiting in the wings -- Jackie Mason: much ado about everything -- James Joyce's The dead -- Wrong mountain -- On a clear day you can see forever -- Saturday night -- Squonk -- Porgy and Bess -- True West -- Riverdance on Broadway -- A moon for the misbegotten -- Aida -- Tenderloin -- Contact -- The ride down Mt. …”

George Gershwin : his life and work / by Pollack, Howard

Table of Contents: “…and other works (1926) -- Strike up the band and Funny face (1927) -- Rosalie and Treasure girl (1928) -- An American in Paris (1928) and East is West (1929) -- Show girl and The dybbuk (1929) -- Girl crazy (1930) -- Delicious and the Second rhapsody (1931) -- Of thee I sing (1931) -- George Gershwin's song-book (1932) -- The Cuban overture (1932) and Pardon my English (1933) -- Let 'em eat cake (1933) and variations on "I got rhythm" (1934) -- Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The first production of Porgy and Bess -- Porgy and Bess in revival -- Porgy and Bess on disc, film, and the concert stage -- From Swing is king (1936) to A damsel in distress (1937) -- From The Goldwyn follies (1938) to Kiss me, stupid (1964).…”

The musical theatre : a celebration / by Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986

Table of Contents: “…. -- Rodgers and Hart -- Cole -- I want to be happy -- Dietz and Schwartz -- 'Destiny's tot' -- Postscript to the twenties -- The Depression -- Porgy and Bess -- A muesli of musicals -- Oklahoma! -- From lyricism to reality: the forties -- One extended season: the fifities -- The great rebellion: the sixties -- Sound and fury: the seventies to the present…”

Soundtrack available : essays on film and popular music /

Table of Contents: “…Killick -- Sounding the American heart : cultural politics, country music, and contemporary American film / Barbara Ching -- Crossing musical borders : the soundtrack for Touch of evil / Jill Leeper -- Documented/ documentary Asians : Gurinder Chadha's I'm British but-- and the musical mediation of sonic and visual identities / Nabeel Zuberi -- Class swings : music, race, and social mobility in Broken strings / Adam Knee -- Borrowing black masculinity : the role of Johnny Hartman in The bridges of Madison County / Krin Gabbard -- "It ain't necessarily so that it ain't necessarily so" : African American recordings of Porgy and Bess as film and cultural criticism / Arthur Knight -- "Hollywood has taken on a new color" : the Yiddish blackface of Samuel Goldwyn's Porgy and Bess / Jonathan Gill -- Picturizing American cinema : Hindi film songs and the last days of genre / Corey K. …”

The Gershwins and me : a personal history in twelve songs / by Feinstein, Michael

Table of Contents: “…George and Ira : the music and the words -- The musical theater -- Ira and me -- Michael and George -- Music and society -- "One plus one equals three" : love songs and how to write them -- Performing and interpreting the song -- Why some songs survive and others don't -- The top of the mountain? : Porgy and Bess -- Hollywood and the end -- George Gershwin's musical reputation -- What might have been.…”

The Singer's musical theatre anthology. a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type : the selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpte...

Table of Contents: “…I still see Elisa ; They call the wind Maria ; Wand'rin' star -- Porgy and Bess. I got plenty o' nuttin' ; A red headed woman -- (cont.): Shenandoah. …”

Broadway musicals : the 101 greatest shows of all time / by Bloom, Ken, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Pal Joey -- Peter Pan -- Phantom of the Opera -- Flops, part 2 -- Porgy and Bess -- Promises, Promises -- Ragtime -- The Red Mill -- Rose-Marie -- T & A, part 2 -- Sally -- 1776 -- She Loves Me -- Show Boat -- Shuffle Along -- The Sound of Music -- South Pacific -- The Student Prince in Heidelberg -- Off Broadway, part 2 -- Sweeney Todd -- Sweet Charity -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- West Side Story -- Great scores from so-so shows, part 2 -- Wonderful Town -- Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 -- Zorba.…”

The Singer's musical theatre anthology. a collection of songs from the musical stage, categorized by voice type : the selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpte...

Table of Contents: “…: Many a new day ; Out of my dreams / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- 110 in the shade : Old maid / Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones -- Porgy and Bess : Summertime / George Gershwin -- Roberta : Smoke gets in your eyes / Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach -- Show boat : Bill ; Can't help lovin' dat man / Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II -- The sound of music : Climb ev'ry mountain / Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- Street scene : Somehow I never could believe ; What good would the moon be? …”