Libretto Dubose Heyward (4 results)

Stapled softcover booklet. Condition: Fine. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. 7 songs from the perennially popular opera from 1935. 44 pages. Porgy & Bess is a folk opera set in Charleston, South Carolina's, Catfish Row and based on the 1925 novel by Heyward.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Quarto, 12-5/8 by 9-3/4 inches, 136 pages. Prints editioned by Derrière L'Etoile Studio NYC, under the supervision of Maurice Sanchez. Bound with red leather spine and printed cotton sides, in slipcase. Edition of 400 numbered and signed copies for sale. This artist book of Porgy & Bess, the libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, is the occasion for Kara Walker's first series of lithographs. The book contains 16 lithographs Porgy & Bess has been controversial since its premiere in 1935; Kara Walker is known for her controversial art on themes of race, violence, and American history. In her Artist's Statement, she says of the characters: "they've become archetypes of another no less grand drama, that of: 'American Negroes drawn up by white authors, and retooled by individual actors, amid charges of racism, and counter charges of high-art on stage and screen, in the face of social and political upheaval, over generations." This fraught status, along with memories of her mother's reaction to a cast recording, led her to render them in a straightforward way, ".more an homage to the feeling of the music. And to that feeling I had as a child of a heavy atmosphere hanging around a timeless act of love." ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Walker, Kara (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Quarto, 12-5/8 by 9-3/4 inches, 136 pages. Prints editioned by Derrière L'Etoile Studio NYC, under the supervision of Maurice Sanchez. Bound with red leather spine and printed cotton sides, in slipcase. Edition of 400 numbered and signed copies for sale. Additional suite of four lithographs, different from the images in the book, signed and numbered by the artist. This artist book ofPorgy & Bess,the libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, is the occasion for Kara Walker's first series of lithographs. The book contains 16 lithographs, with another four images not in the book in a separate portfolio. Porgy & Bess has been controversial since its premiere in 1935; Kara Walker is known for her controversial art on themes of race, violence, and American history. In her Artist's Statement, she says of the characters: "they've become archetypes of another no less grand drama, that of: 'American Negroes drawn up by white authors, and retooled by individual actors, amid charges of racism, and counter charges of high-art on stage and screen, in the face of social and political upheaval, over generations." This fraught status, along with memories of her mother's reaction to a cast recording, led her to render them in a straightforward way, "more an homage to the feeling of the music. And to that feeling I had as a child of a heavy atmosphere hanging around a timeless act of love." ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Kara Walker (illustrator).…

Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess, number 55 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian.ÂFolio, original full red morocco, raised bands, top edge gilt, illustrated. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Gershwin read Porgy in 1926 and proposed that he should collaborate with Heyward on Porgy and Bess. In 1934, Gershwin and Heyward began work on the project by visiting the author's native Charleston. Gershwin explained why he called Porgy and Bess a folk opera in a 1935 New York Times article: "Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs. But they are still folk music â" and therefore, being in operatic form, Porgy and Bess becomes a folk opera." Today, Porgy and Bess is widely considered to be Gershwinâs masterpiece. This deluxe edition of the piano-vocal score (according to Fuld, no orchestral score has ever been published) was published in 1935, the year of Porgy and Bess premiere, almost simultaneously with the first edition, and is boldly signed on the limitation page (at the rear) by George and Ira Gershwin and the other principal creators of Porgy and Bess: librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian (Fuld, 539).…