"Gershwin in His Time: A Biographical Scrapbook, 1919-1937" edited with Introduction by Gregory R. Suriano, Foreword by Marvin Hamlisch, published by Gramercy Books, trademark of Random House, 1998. First Printing with '1' present in the line. Pictorial chronicle of the life of George Gershwin, told through articles, reviews, photographs, sheet music, posters and other ephemera from the era in which he lived.

Dust jacket [a little stressed edges, one small damage on the bottom of the front cover: see photos]; hard boards, 8.1/4" x 10.1/2"; cream-color endpapers, 140 pages including index, glossy paper, fully illustrated, very good condition.

"To coincide with the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin's birth, Random House Value Publishing is pleased to publish an original, full-color edition commemorating his life and times. With a foreword by Marvin Hamlisch and an authoritative biographical introduction, here is a newly assembled scrapbook of the composer's life, such as he himself might have kept. It includes reproductions of sheet music, posters, and theater and movie photographs, as well as reviews and articles discussing his musical comedies and concert works. Widely popular as the writer of such great American songs as "I Got Rhythm" and "Someone to Watch Over Me, " symphonic works including "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris, " and the folk opera "Porgy and Bess, " Gershwin is undeniably America's most beloved composer." [publisher's review]

Contents:

An impressive collection of the 1920s-1930s period articles, concert programs and reviews by Burns Mantle, Alexander Woollcott, Gilbert Seldes, Olin Downes, Paul Whiteman, Mary Margaret McBride, Frank Vreeland, Carl VanVechten, George Gershwin, Henry Osgood, Alan Dale, Charles Buchanan, Beverley Nichols, George Newell, Hyman Sandow, Deems Taylor, Otto Kahn, S.N. Behrman, Robert Littel, Isaac Goldberg, Arthur Kober, William Boehnel, Ira Gershwin, Whitney Bolton, DuBose Heyward, Brooks Atkinson, A. Walter Kramer, Marcia Davenport, and Ruth Woodbury Segwick.

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