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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | One of the most distinguished lyric-writers of his time, Ira Gershwin wrote for his brother George as well as Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen and others. Limelight presents a selection of stage and screen lyrics written for sundry situations and now arranged in arbitrary categories, to which have been added many informative annotations and disquistions on their why and wherefore, their whom-for, their how, and matters associative. "Gershwin's comments, witty and irreverent, and his anecdotes about the making of many favorites, are invariably interesting and frequently surprising." Chicago Tribune | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Ira Gershwin | | Paperback: | 422 pages | | Publisher: | Limelight Editions | | Publication Date: | August 01, 2004 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0879100508 | | Package Length: | 8.35 inches | | Package Width: | 5.59 inches | | Package Height: | 1.42 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.37 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: | based on 1 reviews |
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| | Features | Published by Limelight Editions 422 PagesHardcover by Ira GershwinAuthor: Ira Gershwin
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A classic. Feb 10, 2008
By Steven Schwartz Ira Gershwin became, of course, one of the distinguished lyricists of his time, writing such classics as "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Embraceable You," "The Man That Got Away," and "It Ain't Necessarily So," among many, many others. Who knew he was also a distinguished prose writer? His style, flavored by a gentle parody of such lights as Addison and Steele and John Aubrey, creates the picture of an author in love with reflection and books. Gershwin manages to be both erudite and funny as hell. He reproduces some of his best lyrics and provides commentary about their creation. His brother George was, of course, a genius. Ira, in his unassuming way, was another. Essential to anybody interested in some of the best songs of the twentieth century.
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