Sunday morning. Porgy and Bess /

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Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…Tonality as drama: an introduction -- Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives -- Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama -- The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) -- The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) -- The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954).…”
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Opera American style : arias for soprano /

Table of Contents: “…Willow song ; The silver aria ; Dearest mama ; Always through the changing / by Douglas Moore -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / by George Gershwin -- Regina. …”

Great musicals of the American theatre /

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The singer's anthology of Gershwin songs / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…Porgy and Bess (1935). Bess, you is my woman -- Delicious (film, 1931). …”

The singer's anthology of Gershwin songs / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…Soon / introduced in the 1930 revision -- Porgy and Bess (1935). Summertime -- Shall We Dance (film, 1937). …”

The singer's anthology of Gershwin songs / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…(1926). Maybe -- Porgy and Bess (1935). My man's gone now -- A Damsel in Distress (film, 1937). …”

The singer's anthology of Gershwin songs / by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…Porgy and Bess (1935). Bess, you is my woman -- Delicious (film, 1931). …”

The Cambridge companion to Gershwin /

Table of Contents: “…Exploring new worlds : An American in Paris, Cuban overture and 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. …”

Black diva of the thirties : the life of Ruby Elzy / by Weaver, David, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…-- Porgy and Bess triumphant -- I'm on my way.…”
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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).…”

George Gershwin : a new biography / by Hyland, William G. 1929-2008

Table of Contents: “…-- An American in Paris -- Of thee I sing -- Porgy and Bess -- Hollywood -- Personality -- Keeping the flame -- American music.…”
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Stars for freedom : Hollywood, Black celebrities, and the civil rights movement / by Raymond, Emilie, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black celebrity and the making of Porgy and Bess -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: daring, deferential, and "money" -- Harry Belafonte and the northern liberal network -- The arts group and the March on Washington -- Dick Gregory and celebrity grassroots activism -- Stars for Selma -- Celebrities and Black power.…”

Stars for freedom : Hollywood, Black celebrities, and the civil rights movement / by Raymond, Emilie, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black celebrity and the making of Porgy and Bess -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: daring, deferential, and "money" -- Harry Belafonte and the northern liberal network -- The arts group and the March on Washington -- Dick Gregory and celebrity grassroots activism -- Stars for Selma -- Celebrities and Black power.…”
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On the performance front : US theatre and internationalism / by Canning, Charlotte, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…ITI : tomorrow's theatre today -- 6. Onstage III : Porgy and Bess, 1952-1956 -- Conclusion.…”

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.…”

Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression / by Dickstein, Morris

Table of Contents: “…The populist turn : Copland and the popular front ; Who cares? : the world of Porgy and Bess ; The People vs. Frank Capra : populism against itself ; Shakespeare in overalls : an American troubadour ; Gender trouble : exposing the intellectuals ; Conclusion : the work of culture in Depression America.…”