MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008047508
003 DLC
005 20100112093115.0
008 081029s2009 iluaf b s001 0beng
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020 $a9780252034442 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0252034449 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn265741730
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043 $an-us---
050 00 $aML410.G288$bR55 2009
100 1 $aRimler, Walter.
245 10 $aGeorge Gershwin :$ban intimate portrait /$cWalter Rimler.
260 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$cc2009.
300 $a204 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aMusic in American life
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aFrom street kid to Wunderkind -- Falling in love with Kay -- A piano concerto -- Ira takes a wife -- Porgy -- Paris -- "That long drip of human tears" -- The losing streak begins -- "Something big" -- "Don't make it too good, George!" -- Kay, Jimmy, and FDR -- The heart of American music -- Kay's divorce -- Todd Duncan -- Casting, rehearsals, and an omen -- The critics have their say -- Limbo -- Hollywood beckons -- Pleasure Island -- Final concert, final affair -- Last songs -- Epilogue.
600 10 $aGershwin, George,$d1898-1937.
650 0 $aComposers$zUnited States$vBiography.