The Gershwins and me
Subtitle: a personal history in twelve songs
By: by Michael Feinstein with Ian Jackman
Contributors: Jackman, Ian
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781451645309; 9781451645316; 9781451645330; 9781451645323
Subjects: Popular music; Writing and publishing
Description: Presents an illustrated tribute to the lives and legacies of the Gershwins that is presented through the stories of twelve of their most enduring songs including "Strike Up the Band" and "Love Is Here to Stay."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: George and Ira : the music and the words; title: The musical theater; title: Ira and me; title: Michael and George; title: Music and society; title: "One plus one equals three" : love songs and how to write them; title: Performing and interpreting the song; title: Why some songs survive and others don't; title: The top of the mountain? : Porgy and Bess; title: Hollywood and the end; title: George Gershwin's musical reputation; title: What might have been.