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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.
Contributor:
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
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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