George Gershwin
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- George Gershwin
- Jaar:
- 1998
- Onderwerp:
- Gershwin, George
20th Century (1901-2000)
Composer
Biography
USA - Taal:
- Frans
- Uitgever:
- Paris Mazarine 1998
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.BIO GERS d (Orpheus Instituut)
- ISBN:
- 2863742965
- Paginering:
- 194 pages
- Samenvatting:
- In 1904, a six-year-old Jewish boy of Russian origin was wandering the streets of New York. Suddenly, a player piano played Anton Rubinstein's Melody in F. It was love at first sight: this kid among many would become the most illustrious composer in the New World, at a key period when the United States, at the height of its power, was plunged into a terrible economic crisis. Born into poverty on 26 September 1898, George Gershwin died a wealthy man on 11 July 1937 after writing his masterpiece Porgy and Bess. The thirty-nine years of his life are reminiscent of a blockbuster script. In the foreground: dinner jackets, cocktails, flattering relationships and delirious audiences. In the background: racism, unemployment, nightclubs and brothels. Gershwin or the genius of contrast. (Translated with DeepL.com)
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- https://cageweb.be/catalog/orp01:000022742
