The Gershwins Book Signed & Inscribed by beloved American Lyricist Ira Gershwin

Description: The Gershwins [Signed and Inscribed by Ira Gershwin] by Robert Kimball and Alfred Simon Copy signed by Ira Gershwin. 1973 Atheneum (New York), 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches tall orange cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, purple decoration and lettering to front cover and spine, brown endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and some color photographs, xlii, 292 pp. plus 8 unnumbered pages of plates. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the blank front free-endpaper, nicely inscribed and signed by Ira Gershwin (1896-1983). Inscribed to Palm Desert dentist Raymond Mathew Mnich (1934-2015): 'For Ray M. Mnich, D.D.S. / With every good wish / From Ira Gershwin, D.F.A. / Beverly Hills, April 3, 1974.' Otherwise, very good to near fine in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Authenticity of signature and inscription guaranteed in perpetuity. Front row center seats for Show Girl, Lady, Be Good, Of Thee I Sing, Porgy and Bess and all the other Gershwin hits you never tire of hearing. A visually sumptuous homage to a career, a Star vehicle. Chronology of shows with their songs; Alphabetical listing of songs; Discography of original cast recordings and studio re-creations; Piano rollography. Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as 'I Got Rhythm,' 'Embraceable You,' 'The Man I Love' and 'Someone to Watch Over Me.' He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera Porgy and Bess. The success the Gershwin brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued after George's early death in 1937. Ira wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book Lyrics on Several Occasions, an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is widely considered an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song.

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