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Gershwin in Pittsburgh / Gregory Suriano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suriano, Gregory R., 1951- author.
- Series:
- Images of America.
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composers--United States--Biography.
- Composers.
- Musical theater--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.
- Musical theater.
- Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
- Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)--Pictorial works.
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937--Travel--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Gershwin, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- The great American composer George Gershwin was a product of the energetic Jazz Age city of New York. Yet Pittsburgh may have been his adopted town, through road tours of his Broadway shows, his appearances as a concert pianist, and his myriad associates with ties to the Steel City. Meticulously researched, Gershwin in Pittsburgh chronicles these surprisingly consequential connections. Theatrical venues such as the Nixon and Alvin Theatres and colleagues like Ned Wayburn, Oscar Levant, George S. Kaufman, Dolores Costello, Fritz Reiner, and Pandro S. Berman are all spotlighted. Most revealing are the visits Gershwin personally made to the city--as accompanist to vaudeville star Nora Bayes, during his Rhapsody in Blue tours with the Paul Whiteman and Leo Reisman orchestras, and for his 1933 guest appearance with the Pittsburgh Symphony.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- HalfTitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. From Darkness into Light
- 2. A Gershwin Song or Two at the Nixon and Alvin
- 3. A Lady, a Maid, and Gershwin
- 4. Scandals at the Nixon
- 5. The Classic Gershwin Musicals on Tour
- 6. A Rhapsody and Blue Laws
- 7. Of Kaufman, an Anniversary Tour, and Radio Days
- 8. A Grand Jazz Opera
- 9. A Hollywood Year
- 10. Encore.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439672471
- 1439672474
- OCLC:
- 1251444980
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