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The Strange Career Of Porgy And Bess

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Author : Ellen Noonan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2012

The Strange Career Of Porgy And Bess written by Ellen Noonan and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Performing Arts categories.

Examines the opera Porgy and Bess's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of 20th-century American expectations about race, culture and the struggle for equality.

Porgy Bess

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Porgy Bess written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with African Americans in the performing arts categories.

Porgy And Bess

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Author : Burton D. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Release Date : 2006

Porgy And Bess written by Burton D. Fisher and has been published by Opera Journeys Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Music categories.

A comprehensive guide to Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.

Selections From Porgy And Bess Songbook

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Author : Jascha Heifitz
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date : 1990-03-01

Selections From Porgy And Bess Songbook written by Jascha Heifitz and has been published by Hal Leonard Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-03-01 with Music categories.

(Fretted). Long out of print, these virtuoso transcriptions by the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz date from 1947, and have previously been available only separately. These showpieces capture the excitement of Gershwin's score in a unique and fascinating way. Includes: It Ain't Necessarily So * Summertime * A Woman Is a Sometime Thing * I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' * Bess, You Is My Woman * Tempo Di Blues.

Porgy

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Author : DuBose Heyward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967

Porgy written by DuBose Heyward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with African American men categories.

Follows the lives and labors of Porgy and his wife Bess, poor African-American residents of Catfish Row in Charleston, S.C.

Dvorak S Prophecy And The Vexed Fate Of Black Classical Music

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Author : Joseph Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2021-11-23

Dvorak S Prophecy And The Vexed Fate Of Black Classical Music written by Joseph Horowitz and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-23 with Music categories.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"—how it got to be that way and what can be done about it. In 1893 the composer Antonín Dvorák prophesied a “great and noble school” of American classical music based on the “negro melodies” he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would foster popular genres known the world over, it never gained a foothold in the concert hall. Black composers found few opportunities to have their works performed, and white composers mainly rejected Dvorák’s lead. Joseph Horowitz ranges throughout American cultural history, from Frederick Douglass and Huckleberry Finn to George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and the work of Ralph Ellison, searching for explanations. Challenging the standard narrative for American classical music fashioned by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, he looks back to literary figures—Emerson, Melville, and Twain—to ponder how American music can connect with a “usable past.” The result is a new paradigm that makes room for Black composers, including Harry Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett, William Levi Dawson, and Florence Price, while giving increased prominence to Charles Ives and George Gershwin. Dvorák’s Prophecy arrives in the midst of an important conversation about race in America—a conversation that is taking place in music schools and concert halls as well as capitols and boardrooms. As George Shirley writes in his foreword to the book, “We have been left unprepared for the current cultural moment. [Joseph Horowitz] explains how we got there [and] proposes a bigger world of American classical music than what we have known before. It is more diverse and more equitable. And it is more truthful.”

Porgy

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Author : DuBose Heyward
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-21

Porgy written by DuBose Heyward and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-21 with Social Science categories.

Porgy is about a crippled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s. You will be humbled by this character based on Charlestonian Samuel Smalls. This is a moving and realistic drama about poor black characters in the 1920s American South.

The Gershwins Porgy And Bess

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Author : Robin Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Release Date : 2010

The Gershwins Porgy And Bess written by Robin Thompson and has been published by Amadeus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Performing Arts categories.

(Amadeus). In 1935 George Gershwin continued the melding of theatrical, classical, and jazz idioms he began with "Rhapsody in Blue," bringing DuBose Heyward's novel and play Porgy to the musical stage with Porgy and Bess . Collaborating with his brother Ira and Heyward, Gershwin created what was deemed at the time a "folk opera" a work that over the years has passed through cycles of praise and criticism, finally achieving recognition as a great American theatrical achievement and inclusion in the repertoire of opera companies around the world. In this lavishly illustrated 75th anniversary volume, created with the participation of the Gershwin estate, opera producer and author Robin Thompson recounts the history of Porgy and Bess as he looks at the various interpretations of the work and the many layers of meaning to be found in the story of the crippled Porgy, the conflicted and vulnerable Bess, the dope peddler Sportin' Life, and the other residents of Catfish Row. Packed with unique, rarely seen archival photographs and documents associated with the production, Porgy and Bess commemorates this uniquely American blending of musical, ethnic, and creative styles and the people, the performers, and the times that produced it.

George Gershwin

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Author : Howard Pollack
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-01-15

George Gershwin written by Howard Pollack and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-15 with Music categories.

This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials—including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982—to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin’s meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin’s powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses. Pollack’s lively narrative describes Gershwin’s family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin’s entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin's music over the years, from his time to ours.

The Strange Career Of Porgy And Bess

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Author : Ellen Noonan
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2012-12-10

The Strange Career Of Porgy And Bess written by Ellen Noonan and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-10 with Performing Arts categories.

Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and Bess has been both embraced and reviled since its debut in 1935. In this comprehensive account, Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention as a barometer of twentieth-century American expectations about race, culture, and the struggle for equality. In its surprising endurance lies a myriad of local, national, and international stories. For black performers and commentators, Porgy and Bess was a nexus for debates about cultural representation and racial uplift. White producers, critics, and even audiences spun revealing racial narratives around the show, initially in an attempt to demonstrate its authenticity and later to keep it from becoming discredited or irrelevant. Expertly weaving together the wide-ranging debates over the original novel, Porgy, and its adaptations on stage and film with a history of its intimate ties to Charleston, The Strange Career of "Porgy and Bess" uncovers the complexities behind one of our nation's most long-lived cultural touchstones.