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Gershwin, Rhapsody in blue / David Schiff.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.G288 S27 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiff, David
- Series:
- Cambridge music handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Rhapsody in blue.
- Gershwin, George.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- The RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1924) established George Gershwin's reputation as a serious composer and has since become one of the most popular of all American concert works. In a richly informative study, David Schiff examines the piece as musical work, historical event, and cultural document, placing it within the context of American popular song and jazz and the development of modernism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521550777
- 0521559537
- OCLC:
- 35742084
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