George Gershwin
Composer and Musician
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Harlem RenaissanceInterest in African-American lives also generated experimental but lasting collaborative work, such as the all-black productions of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, and Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts. In... In this article: Harlem, World War I, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, New York City, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Weldon Johnson |
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Eva Jessye
...opera, Four Saints in Three Acts, produced as a Broadway theatre work. In 1935, George Gershwin chose her as his music director for his opera Porgy and Bess. In 1927 Jessye published My Spirituals, a collection of arrangements of...
In this article: Eva Jessye, Four Saints in Three Acts, University of Michigan, New York, Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, Porgy and Bess, and Baltimore
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Wikipedia | August 10, 2009
Western University (Kansas)
...Virgil Thomson and writer Gertrude Stein on Four Saints in Three Acts. She was selected by George Gershwin as his choral director for his opera Porgy and Bess. Moten Barnett made "Bess" of Porgy and Bess a signature role after performing...
In this article: Western University, Kansas, Eva Jessye, Civil War, Virgil Thomson, Nora Douglas Holt, and Etta Moten Barnett
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Eva Jessye: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
Four Saints in Three Acts is an opera by United States composer Virgil Thomson ... first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose ...
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Scene4 Magazine: Virgil Thomson - "Four Saints in Three Acts ...
... George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, which premiered October 10, 1935, after Four ... The point is that Four Saints in Three Acts will continue to influence ...
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Opera Ebony - About Us - Setting Voices Free!
... Stein-Virgil Thompson's Four Saints in Three Acts, Graz Opera in Austria, ... Thompson opera, Four Saints in Three Acts on Nonesuch Digital, George Gershwin's ...
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Smallens, Alexander; conductor signed photo
Scarce autographed 8x10 Rembrandt double-weight and blind ... George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" as well as Virgil Thompson's "Four Saints in Three Acts. ...
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Virgil Thomson
George Gershwin. Philip Glass. Frederick G. Gleason. Louis ... "Once in a while" from Four Saints in Three Acts "What what is it" from The Mother of Us All ...
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Eva Alberta Jessye
... of the Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein opera Four Saints in Three Acts. In 1935, she was selected by George Gershwin to be choral director for the ...
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Leontyne Price
... first professional appearance, in Four Saints in Three Acts by Virgil Thomson. Later that year, she sang Bess in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. ...
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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed songs for both Broadway and the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success.
Many of his compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. The jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald recorded many of the Gershwins' songs on her 1959 Gershwin Songbook (arranged by Nelson Riddle). Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs, including Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Bobby Darin, Art Tatum, Bing Crosby, Janis Joplin, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Diana Ross, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi Uehara, Madonna, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Marni Nixon, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Nina Simone, Maureen McGovern, John Fahey, The Residents, Kate Bush, Sublime, and Sting.
- Name At Birth:
- Jacob Gershowitz
- Birth Date:
- September 26, 1898
- Birthplace:
- Brooklyn, New York
- Death Date:
- July 11, 1937
- Place of Death:
- Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Composer
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