Ira Gershwin Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

Name: Ira Gershwin By Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)
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Ira Gershwin by Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

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This biography explores the life and work of the older, less flamboyant Gershwin brother, Ira. The author traces the development of his lyrical art and his emergence as a prominent writer during the golden era of Broadway and Hollywood musical.

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Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist by Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the development of Ira Gershwin's lyrical art from his early love of light verse and Gilbert and Sullivan, through his apprentice work in Tin Pan Alley, to his emergence as a prominent writer during the golden era of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. He reveals how Gershwin took the everyday speech of ordinary Americans and made it sing.

Ira Gershwin Reviews

What does come across in Furia's book is the flavour of the golden era of songwriting, and the towering talent of Ira Gershwin, who worked at a tortoise-like pace and polished his lyrics until they gleamed. * Sunday Times *
a fascinating and entertaining tribute to a witty, sophisticated lyricist. An extinct breed, alas. * Charles Osborne, Daily Telegraph *

About Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

Philip Furia is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of The Poets of Tin Pan Alley.

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GOR002931271

ISBN 13

9780195115703

ISBN 10

0195115708

Title

Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist by Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

Author

Philip Furia (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Minnesota)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19971002

Number of pages

288

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