Gershwin: An American in Paris - A New Musical / vocal + piano
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Genre: | musicals, movies & tv |
Arrangement: | piano / vocal / chords |
Cast: | solo |
Lyrics language: | English |
Format: | book - paperback |
Parameters
Product code: | 00148752 |
Composer: |
Gershwin, George
Gershwin, Ira |
No. of songs: | 14 |
Pages: | 72 |
Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
EAN: | 9781495029929 |
UPC: | 888680078751 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4950-2992-9 |
Weight: | 0.268 |
Songlist (14)
- I Got Rhythm
- Prelude II
- I've Got Beginner's Luck
- The Man I Love
- Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
- 'S Wonderful
- Shall We Dance?
- Fidgety Feet
- Who Cares? (So Long As You Care For Me)
- For You, For Me For Evermore
- But Not For Me
- I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- An American In Paris (excerpt)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
Product description
14 selections from the Tony Award®-winning production presented in vocal line arrangements with piano accompaniment. Includes: An American in Paris • But Not for Me • For You, for Me for Evermore • I Got Rhythm • I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise • I've Got Beginner's Luck • The Man I Love • 'S Wonderful • Shall We Dance? • They Can't Take That Away from Me • Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me) • and more.
George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was an American composer and pianist, whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".