American classics.

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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. …”

Lincoln Mayorga and distinguished colleagues.

Table of Contents: “…Oh Lord, I'm on my way (from Porgy and Bess) --…”
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A season of opera : from Orpheus to Ariadne / by Lee, M. Owen, 1930-2019

Table of Contents: “…An Opera Made of Songs: Porgy and Bess --…”
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Lullaby classics.

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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. by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…I got rhythm (Ethel Merman) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime (Anne Brown) -- Girl crazy. …”
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Ten great musicals of the American theatre. by Richards, Stanley, 1918-

For you, for me.

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The Boatman's Dance (Mistrel Song) -- The Dodger (Campaign Song) -- Long Time Ago (Ballad) -- Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) -- I Bought Me A Cat (Children's Song) -- The Little Horses (Lullaby) -- Zion's Walls (Revitalist Song) -- The Golden Willow Tree (Anglo-American Ballad) -- At the River (Hymn Tune) -- Ching-a-Ring-Chaw (Minstrel Song) -- Shenandoah -- A Simple Song -- Seena -- Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now -- For You, For Me, For Everyone -- A Woman Is A Sometime Thing (from Porgy and Bess) -- Show Girl (1929) . …”
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The Piano Music / by Wild, Earl

Table of Contents: “…Grand Fantasy on 'Porgy and Bess' -- Seven Virtuoso Etudes -- Improvisation on 'Someone to Watch over Me' -- Piano Sonata.…”
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The George Gershwin reader /

Table of Contents: “…Portraits of the artist -- The growing limelight (1919-1924) -- Fame and fortune (1924-1930) -- Maturity (1930-1935) -- Porgy and Bess -- Last years : Hollywood (1936-1937) -- Obituaries and eulogies -- As time passes.…”

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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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. …”

100 great operas and their stories / by Simon, Henry W. 1901-1970

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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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The Gershwin style : new looks at the music of George Gershwin /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Wayne Schneider -- Towards a new reading of Gershwin / Charles Hamm -- "Rotating" Porgy and Bess / Wayne D. Shirley -- Gershwin's operetta overtures : medley or composition? …”
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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.…”