Rimler, Walter. <br/><br/>
George Gershwin :  an intimate portrait / 
Walter Rimler. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2009. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Music in American life .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>From 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. 
<br/><br/> George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252093692 9781283028974 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019716488 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA966764  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015307155  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Composers--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML410  / .G467 2009