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The Gershwin song collection. Vol. 2, 1931-1954 / George and Ira Gershwin ; piano-vocal-chords.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M1630.18.G47 A42 2009
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
- Standardized Title:
- Musicals. Selections. Vocal scores
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.
- Musicals.
- Revues--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.
- Revues.
- Motion picture music--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.
- Motion picture music.
- Popular music--United States--1931-1940.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Vocal scores.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (260 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Van Nuys, Calif. : Alfred Pub. Co., [2009]
- Summary:
- This is the second book of a two-volume series presenting highlights from the careers of George and Ira Gershwin. Volume two documents 50 songs from shows such as Porgy & Bess and Hollywood films like Shall We Dance. Included are a song-by-song essay, rare images of original sheet music, and family photos. Titles: A Foggy Day * Blah, Blah, Blah * Changing My Tune * Fun to Be Fooled * Gotta Have Me Go with You * I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' * Isn't It a Pity * Just Another Rhumba * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * My Ship * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Of Thee I Sing (Baby)! * Shall We Dance * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Things Are Looking Up * Wintergreen for President * You've Got What Gets Me * and many more.
- Contents:
- Love is sweeping the country
- Of thee I sing
- Who cares?
- Wintergreen for President
- Blah, blah, blah
- Delishious
- Somebody from somewhere
- You've got what gets me
- Isn't it a pity?
- The lorelei
- My cousin in Milwaukee
- Blue, blue, blue
- Let 'em eat cake
- Mine
- Fun to be fooled / lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg ; music by Harold Arlen
- Bess, you is my woman
- I got plenty o' nuttin'
- I loves you, Porgy
- It ain't necessarily so
- Summertime
- By Strauss
- I can't get started / music by Vernon Duke
- (I've got) beginner's luck
- Shall we dance
- Let's call the whole thing off
- Hi-ho!
- Slap that bass
- They all laughed
- They can't take that away from me
- Wake up, brother, and dance
- A foggy day (in London town)
- I can't be bothered now
- Nice work if you can get it
- Stiff upper lip
- Things are looking up
- I was doing all right
- Just another rhumba
- Love is here to stay
- Love walked in
- Dawn of a new day
- My ship ; The saga of Jenny ; Tchaikowsky (and other Russians) / music by Kurt Weill
- Long ago (and far away) / music by Jerome Kern
- Aren't you kind of glad we did?
- Changing my tune
- For you, for me, for evermore
- Gotta have me go with you ; The man that got away ; It's a new world / music by Harold Arlen.
- Notes:
- Songs from musicals, revues, and films; acc. arr. for piano.
- Includes chord symbols above the vocal line.
- Contains:
- Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Life begins at 8:40. Fun to be fooled
- Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Ziegfeld follies of 1936. I can't get started
- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Lady in the dark. Vocal score. Selections.
- Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Cover girl. Long ago and far away
- Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986. Star is born. Vocal score. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9780739057254
- 0739057251
- OCLC:
- 316020264
- Publisher Number:
- 038081343839
- 31890 Alfred Pub. Co.
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