TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rimler,Walter
TI  - George Gershwin: an intimate portrait 
T2  - Music in American life
SN  - 9780252093692
AV  - ML410 .G467 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Gershwin, George,
KW  - Composers
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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