Gershwin is one of the few composers whose music has been appropriated by popular and "serious" music-lovers alike. Gershwin was greatly influenced by contemporary composers Ravel, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov, and though best known for his superb "hit" musicals "Lady Be Good", "Oh, Kay!" and "Girl Crazy" he could write with equal conviction for the concert hall and opera house. This collection of writings is gathered from every era of Gershwin's career, from boyhood to the Hollywood years. Amongst others, Gershwin is remembered by Osbert Sitwell, Oscar Levant, Richard Rodgers, Serge Koussevitzky, Schoenberg and his brother, Ira Gershwin.
- ISBN10 0571141307
- ISBN13 9780571141302
- Publish Date 26 May 1992 (first published 1 May 1992)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English