(P/V/G Composer Collection). 50 of the most memorable songs from this famed songwriting duo in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Includes: Bess, You Is My Woman * But Not for Me * Clap Yo' Hands * Do It Again * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * I've Got a Crush on You * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * The Man I Love * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Of Thee I Sing * Rhapsody in Blue * Someone to Watch over Me * Strike up the Band * Summertime * Swanee * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * and more.
Finalist • The Marfield Prize [National Award for Arts Writing] “Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has classical music had a combination salesman-teacher as irresistible as Kapilow.” —Kansas City Star “If you want to understand American history, listen to its popular music,” writes renowned NPR host Rob Kapilow. “If you want to understand America’s popular music, listen to its history.” Through the songs of eight legendary American composers—Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin, Rodgers, Bernstein, and Sondheim—Kapilow listens for the history not just of musical theater, but of America itself. Combining close readings of Broadway hits like “Summertime” and “Stormy Weather” with a wide-angled historical point of view, Listening for America shows us how we too can listen along as America discovered its identity through the epochal transformations of the twentieth century.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Crooners, wailers, shouters, balladeers some of our greatest pop vocalists have poured their hearts and souls into the musical gems of the Great American Songbook. They sang in nightclubs and concert halls, on television and in films, and left us a legacy of recordings still in play today. Their interpretations entertained us, moved us to tears, and wove lyrics and music into the fabric of our lives, making us see ourselves in these quintessentially American songs. This folio features 100 of these classics by Louis Armstrong (Hello Dolly * What a Wonderful World), Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), Rosemary Clooney (Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep), Nat "King" Cole (Route 66), Bing Crosby (True Love), Doris Day (Bewitched), Ella Fitzgerald (How High the Moon), Judy Garland (Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody), Dean Martin (Everybody Loves Somebody), Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart), Barbra Streisand (People), Mel Torme (Heart and Soul), and many, many more.
(Piano Solo Songbook). 100 pop and classical standards that every piano player should master, including: Air on the G String * Bridge over Troubled Water * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Fields of Gold * Fur Elise * I Dreamed a Dream * I Will Always Love You * Imagine * Lullaby of Birdland * Memory * Misty * Moon River * On My Own * Over the Rainbow * The Shadow of Your Smile * Smile * Stardust * Summertime * Sunrise, Sunset * Time After Time * Unexpected Song * The Way You Look Tonight * We've Only Just Begun * What a Wonderful World * Yesterday * You Raise Me Up * Your Song * and more!
This eclectic blend of 40 sophisticated piano arrangements is a must-have for every music lover's collection! By popular demand, all of the arrangements from Aaronson's Top 10 series are now together in this attractive library-quality edition featuring hits from Broadway, movies, jazz legends and the classics. Includes music from the world's best songwriters and composers such as Beethoven, Gershwin, Mancini, Pachelbel, Porter, Puccini, Sondheim, and more! Titles: Allegro (from Eine kleine Nachtmusik) * And All That Jazz * Anything Goes * As Time Goes By * Beauty and the Beast * Begin the Beguine * Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) * Camelot * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Can You Read My Mind? * Pachelbel's Canon in D * Clair de lune * Cruella De Vil * A Day in the Life of a Fool * The Entertainer * Everything's Coming Up Roses * Fascinating Rhythm * Home * It Had to Be You * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Lullaby of Broadway * The Man That Got Away * Marche funèbre * Moonlight Sonata (1st mvt.) * Nice Work If You Can Get It * Night and Day * O mio babbino caro * Ode to Joy * On the Street Where You Live * Over the Rainbow * The Pink Panther * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini * Send in the Clowns * Someone to Watch Over Me * Summer Wind * Take Five * That's All * Theme from New York, New York * A Whole New World * The Wind Beneath My Wings. 132 pages.
Explores how Gershwin's iconic music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests as well as technological advances.
(Vocal Selections). This musical featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin opened on Broadway in 2012 starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara. Our vocal selections to "Broadway's funniest love story" include 21 songs: Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * Delishious * Fascinating Rhythm * I've Got a Crush on You * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Someone to Watch over Me * Sweet and Low-Down * They All Laughed * Treat Me Rough * Will You Remember Me? * and more.
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
(Fretted). Long out of print, these virtuoso transcriptions by the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz date from 1947, and have previously been available only separately. These showpieces capture the excitement of Gershwin's score in a unique and fascinating way. Includes: It Ain't Necessarily So * Summertime * A Woman Is a Sometime Thing * I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' * Bess, You Is My Woman * Tempo Di Blues.
This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music. Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. Howard Pollack draws from a wealth of sketches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, books, articles, recordings, films, and other materials—including a large cache of Gershwin scores discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse in 1982—to create an expansive chronicle of Gershwin’s meteoric rise to fame. He also traces Gershwin’s powerful presence that, even today, extends from Broadway, jazz clubs, and film scores to symphony halls and opera houses. Pollack’s lively narrative describes Gershwin’s family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38. Unlike Kern, Berlin, and Porter, who mostly worked within the confines of Broadway and Hollywood, Gershwin actively sought to cross the boundaries between high and low, and wrote works that crossed over into a realm where art music, jazz, and Broadway met and merged. The author surveys Gershwin’s entire oeuvre, from his first surviving compositions to the melodies that his brother and principal collaborator, Ira Gershwin, lyricized after his death. Pollack concludes with an exploration of the performances and critical reception of Gershwin's music over the years, from his time to ours.
