Lyrics on Several Occasions: A Selection of Stage & Screen Lyrics Written for Sundry Situations; and Now Arranged in Arbitrary Categories. to Which Have Been Added Many Informativ - Softcover

Gershwin, Ira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087910094X ISBN 13: 9780879100940

Publisher: Limelight Editions, 1997

Synopsis

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

About this title

Synopsis:

This is a great deal more than just a collection of lyrics. Gershwin groups them under such headings as 'The Not Impossible He', 'The Important Male', 'The Important Female', 'Euphoria Revisited', and many others. Then he follows each lyric with a commentary that is at once scholarly, witty and of the greatest historical interest. While the lyrics have remained with us ever since they were first sung, they are enriched by these other words that are, happily, available once again.

About this edition

• Publisher: Limelight Editions
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 087910094X
• ISBN 13: 9780879100940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384