William Hyland: George Gershwin | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780313361500 | George Gershwin | A New Biography | William Hyland | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan-and no music fan-should be without.

George Gershwin pioneered the crossover from Broadway musicals to concert audiences, culminating in what is arguably America's greatest opera, Porgy and Bess. In William G. Hyland's new biography, Gershwin's personality and music are reexamined. Hyland illustrates how the composer's craftsmanship was criticized and his music was relegated to the status of lowbrow for decades, until the relatively recent appreciation of his achievements.

Yet for all of his artistic brilliance, Gershwin was vulnerable and discontented in his personal life. Hyland reveals both the man and his creations, revealing how Gershwin became the first composer to apply popular music to classical forms, how his work reflected the turmoil of America in the Jazz Age, and how, despite his fame, he never achieved the happiness and contentment a genius of his stature deserved. This is a fascinating new biography that no Gershwin fan-and no music fan-should be without.

Über den Autor

William S. Hyland earned a BA from Williams College in 1962 and an [...] from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1980. From 1962 to 1976 he worked in financial management in New York and Philadelphia. From 1976 to 1996 he served as business manager and financial counselor at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. In 2004 he published Fresh Bait for Fishers of Men, which focused on creative concepts for twenty-first century biblical Christianity, and in 2020 a reference book entitled Biblical Concept of Hell . Since 1977 he has been a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Youth
Song Plugging
Musical Influences
Rhapsody in Blue
Jazz
Broadway
Lady Be Good and The Concerto
An American in Paris
Of Thee I Sing
Porgy and Bess
Hollywood
Personality
Keeping the Flame
American Music
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Genre:	Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780313361500
ISBN-10:	0313361509
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Hyland, William
Hersteller:	Praeger
Maße:	234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	William Hyland
Erscheinungsdatum:	05.09.2000
Gewicht:	0,477 kg

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