"Electronic books." . . "Musicals." . . "MUSIC Printed Music General." . . "Paroliers États-Unis Biographies." . . "Lyricists United States." . . "Compositeurs États-Unis Biographies." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . "Art d'écrire." . . "Lyricists" . . "Lyricists." . "Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983" . . "Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983." . "Comédie musicale." . . . . "Opera's." . . "Lyrik." . . "Composition musicale." . . . . . . "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . . . . "In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the development of Ira Gershwin's lyrical art from his early love of light verse and Gilbert and Sullivan, through his apprentice work in Tin Pan Alley, to his emergence as a prominent writer for the Broadway musical theater in the 1920s. Furia illuminates his work in satirical operettas such as Of Thee I Sing and Strike Up the Band, the smart \"little\" revues of the 1930s, and his contributions to the opera Porgy and Bess." . . . "Ressources Internet" . "Art of the lyricist"@en . "Ira Gershwin the art of the lyricist" . "Ira Gershwin the art of the lyricist"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Music" . "Music"@en . . . . . "Biografieën (vorm)" . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . "Ira Gershwin : the art of the lyricist" . "Ira Gershwin : the art of the lyricist"@en . . . . . "To the perennial question \"which comes first, the music or the words?\" Ira Gershwin always responded, \"the contract.\" The jest reveals both Ira's consummate professionalism and the self-effacing wit with which he ducked the spotlight whenever possible. Yet the ingeniously inventive melodies George Gershwin composed for such classic songs as \"Someone to Watch Over Me,\" \"Embraceable You,\" \"Fascinating Rhythm,\" \"It Ain't Necessarily So,\" and \"Love is Here to Stay\" live on in no small part because of the equally unforgettable lyrics of Ira Gershwin, lines crafted with a precision that earned him t."@en . . . . . . . . "Ira Gershwin The Art of the Lyricist"@en . "Ira Gershwin The Art of the Lyricist" . . . . . "Ira Gershwin the Art of the Lyricist"@en . "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Chanson." . . "Lyricists United States Biography." . . "Écriture musicale." . . "Gershwin, Ira." . . "United States" . . "United States." .