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2025__1470677474Alfred Music Co 2025. Paperback. New. 999 pages. 13.11x9.37x0.35 inches. Alfred Music Co paperback
2000SONG0769292011Alfred Music 2000-05-01. hardcover. Used: Good. 9.00x1.24x12.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Alfred Music hardcover
0571516440.Gsheet_music. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
2003Q-0571516238FABER & FABER 2003-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! FABER & FABER paperback
2008Q-0739056816Alfred Music 2008-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Music paperback
19-2028Leningrad - Moscow: Everyman Opera 1955 - 1956. 8vo. 19 pp. illus. Very Good; Stapled Paper Wraps. Cover pages rubbed and lightly soiled. Text in Russian. Rare copy. Leningrad - Moscow: [Everyman Opera], 1955 - 1956. paperback
1935321533New York: Random House 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Libretto by Dubose Heyward; Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Frontispiece and title page decoration by George Biddle. Small folio full red leather. New York: Random House 1935. Limited First Edition. The black leather labels are missing as is often the case otherwise near fine in a good slipcase.<br/> <br/> One of 250 copies autographed by both Gershwins Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian the director. A near fine copy in the original raffia slipcase which is roughed up on the spine.<br/> <br/> Random House unknown
1935174953New York: Random House 1935. Summertime an' the livin' is easy": the Gershwins' masterpiece signed by George and Ira First edition signed limited issue number 141 of 250 copies signed by George and Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian. The show was a landmark for the American stage and for the casting of African Americans in the lead roles. Copies are rare in this condition. In the summer of 1926 and in one sitting George Gershwin read DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy about the Gullah community in South Carolina. "The potential of this book to become the basis of a powerful opera - his opera - jumped out at him. In the morning he wrote to Heyward saying they ought to get together to discuss the idea" Rimler p. 21. The immediate plan to adapt it into an opera was curtailed by Heyward's wife first adapting the novel as a stage play Porgy and Bess which opened in 1927. It was not until 1933 that Heyward and Gershwin settled on working on a musical adaptation with the agreement on 3 November 1933 that Gershwin would write the score Heyward the libretto and that Heyward and Ira would collaborate on the lyrics. On its opening night 30 September 1935 Boston's Colonial Theatre gave the performance a 15-minute standing ovation. The work opened on Broadway on 10 October 1935 and ran for 124 performances. "Combining the dramatic structure of opera and the musical style of jazz and Tin Pan Alley the work was especially important in the development of American musical theater. Although it did not recoup its investment Porgy and Bess was an outstanding achievement that brought black singers to the Broadway stage in significant roles" American National Biography. Quarto 311 x 230 mm. Colour frontispiece and pictorial title page by George Biddle. Original red morocco spine lettered in blind with raised bands black morocco label to front board lettered in gilt with publisher's device in blind top edge silver silken straw weave endpapers. With the original raffia-covered slipcase. Playbill for the original Broadway production at the Alvin Theatre loosely inserted. Foot of spine a little worn spine toned minor soiling to front cover slight separation at gutter between gatherings and endpapers slipcase a little worn; box bumped and faded: a near-fine copy in like slipcase. Walter Rimler George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait 2009. hardcover
06558New York: Random House 1935. One of the Great Signed American Musical Landmarks<br /> The Sumptuous Limited Edition of Porgy and Bess<br /> <br /> GERSHWIN George. Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts by George Gershwin. Libretto by Dubose Heyward. Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House 1935.<br /> <br /> First edition limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 167 signed by George Gershwin Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian.<br /> <br /> Large quarto 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 310 x 235 mm. xiv 559 1 blank pp. Including color frontispiece and pictorial color title-page by George Biddle commissioned in connection with the original production. With the signed limitation leaf inserted at rear.<br /> <br /> Publisher's full red morocco front cover decoratively blind stamped and with a gilt-lettered black morocco label spine with two raised bands and two black morocco labels lettered in gilt straw endpapers top edge gilt. Spine with only the faintest touch of darkening. Housed in a later red cloth slipcase. A superb copy and one of the finest examples we have encountered.<br /> <br /> A particularly desirable example of one of the most important American musical publications of the twentieth century: the deluxe signed issue of Porgy and Bess issued in the year of the opera's first performances. The work opened first in Boston on September 30 1935 and reached New York's Alvin Theatre on October 10 1935 under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian. From the beginning it was understood as an ambitious and unprecedented undertaking - Gershwin's own attempt to unite operatic form with jazz spiritual folk and theatrical idioms in a distinctly American work.<br /> <br /> The present limitation is especially appealing in that it bears the signatures not merely of the composer but of the principal creative collaborators responsible for bringing the work to the stage: George Gershwin lyricist Ira Gershwin librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Copies signed by all four figures capture the collaborative nature of the production in a way few American musical books can match. The Library of Congress records the existence of this 1935 limited edition within the Gershwin materials further underscoring its place as the formal book publication of the original production.<br /> <br /> Few works of American musical theater or American opera have had a comparable afterlife. Whatever the critical debates that have accompanied it Porgy and Bess endures as Gershwin's most ambitious stage composition and one of the central monuments of American music. <br /> <br /> In the present handsome morocco binding and in such striking condition this is an unusually choice copy of a book that is increasingly difficult to secure well preserved. New York: Random House, 1935 unknown
06559New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935. A Presentation Copy to Leslie Bricusse from Ira Gershwin <br /> With a George Gershwin Signature<br /> As George and Ira so aptly put it "Who could ask for anything more"<br /> <br /> GERSHWIN George. The Theatre Guild Presents Porgy and Bess. Music by George Gershwin. Libretto by Dubose Heyward. Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Settings by Sergei Soudeikine Orchestra Conductor Alexander Smallens Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935.<br /> <br /> First edition. Inscribed by Ira Gershwin: "For Leslie Bricusse-With warmest regards-Ira Gershwin."<br /> With an additional clipped signature of George Gershwin mounted beneath the portrait.<br /> <br /> Large quarto 12 1/16 x 9 1/8 inches; 306 x 232 mm. iv 559 1 blank pp. <br /> <br /> Publisher's stiff gray wrappers front cover lettered in black black spine near fine. Chemised in a maroon cloth folder housed in a quarter brown calf slipcase spine with five shallow raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments.<br /> <br /> A copy of exceptional resonance presented by Ira Gershwin to his friend and fellow lyricist Leslie Bricusse - one of the most accomplished figures in twentieth-century popular music. Bricusse was the recipient of two Academy Awards a Grammy and eight Ivor Novello Awards and was inducted into the American Songwriters' Hall of Fame - only the fourth Englishman so honored after Noël Coward John Lennon and Paul McCartney.<br /> <br /> His work spans more than forty musical shows and films including Stop the World - I Want to Get Off The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd Doctor Dolittle and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and includes such enduring songs as "What Kind of Fool Am I" "Feeling Good" "Goldfinger" and "Pure Imagination" recorded by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Bublé. Their friendship well documented and longstanding places this inscription within a genuine circle of artistic exchange rather than a formal or casual presentation.<br /> <br /> The libretto by DuBose Heyward is drawn from his 1925 novel Porgy and subsequent stage adaptation preserving the rhythms and cadences of life in Charleston's Catfish Row while shaping them into a dramatic structure of unusual cohesion for American musical theater. Heyward's text augmented by lyrics from both himself and Ira Gershwinprovided George Gershwin with a literary and emotional framework of rare depth allowing the score to move fluidly between operatic form spiritual blues and popular song. The result is one of the few American stage works in which music and text are so fully integrated as to justify Gershwin's own insistence that Porgy and Bess be regarded as an opera rather than a musical.<br /> <br /> Provenance: From the collection of Leslie Bricusse assembled over several decades with the close guidance of David Brass who first met Bricusse in 1968 and remained a trusted advisor and friend until his death in 2021.<br /> <br /> This direct and personal provenance - linking creator recipient and the dealer who helped form the collection - gives the volume a narrative strength rarely encountered in the market. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1935 unknown
1935190205New York: Random House 1935. Gershwin's masterpiece - signed by George and Ira First edition signed limited issue number 229 of 250 copies bound in publisher's full red morocco and signed by George and Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian this copy in exceptional condition the vulnerable spine labels present in entirely unrestored condition. In summer 1926 and in one sitting George Gershwin read DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy about the Gullah community in South Carolina. "The potential of this book to become the basis of a powerful opera his opera jumped out at him. In the morning he wrote to Heyward saying they ought to get together to discuss the idea" Rimler p. 21. Heyward's wife thwarted the immediate plan to adapt it into an opera by adapting the novel as a stage play Porgy and Bess which opened in 1927. On 3 November 1933 however it was agreed that Gershwin would write the score Heyward the libretto and that Heyward and Ira would collaborate on the lyrics. On its opening night 30 September 1935 Boston's Colonial Theatre gave the performance a 15-minute standing ovation and the work is now considered Gershwin's masterpiece. "Combining the dramatic structure of opera and the musical style of jazz and Tin Pan Alley the work was especially important in the development of American musical theater. Although it did not recoup its investment Porgy and Bess was an outstanding achievement that brought black singers to the Broadway stage in significant roles" ANB. Quarto 311 x 230 mm. Original red morocco spine lettered in blind with raised bands black morocco label to front board lettered in gilt with publisher's device in blind top edge gilt silken straw weave endpapers. Housed in the original raffia-covered slipcase. Colour frontispiece and pictorial title page by George Biddle. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown of Frank Rosengren San Antonio Texas. Spine toned small chip to second spine label slight contact discolouration to front and rear blanks from endpapers light wear to fragile raffia slipcase. A superior copy. Walter Rimler George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait 2009. hardcover
Q-0769200567Alfred Publishing. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Publishing paperback
1935220117New York NY: Gershwin Publishing Corp. 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. 9 x 12. 559 pages in very good condition. Full vocal with condensed piano accompaniment. Pages are clean and unmarked with a page of black and white photographs at the front of the book. Page edges are darkened and smudged. Beige softcovers with dark blue titles. Covers are darkened and lightly stained. The binding feels a little bit loose at the spine. Covers are lightly worn around the edges. VG/- - <br/> <br/> Gershwin Publishing Corp. paperback
1993DADAX0769200567Alfred Publishing 1993-04-01. paperback. New. 9.00x1.32x12.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Alfred Publishing paperback
1935014510New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935. Uncommon in a hardcover binding. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Professionally rebound in sturdy blue cloth lettered in white on the spine. 9" wide by 11.75" tall. A solid working copy especially desirable for those who prefer a hardcover binding. This is a large heavy book that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. Moderate finger soil on the endpapers and edges of the text block. Pencil notes on a few early pages only. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. WITHDRAWN stamp on the rear endpaper. NO pocket. Frontispiece photos of George Gershwin Ira Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward. First Edition No date of publication is indicated. The title page reads in part: "Porgy and Bess. Vocal Score $12.00. Gershwin Publishing Corporation Sole Selling Agent Chappell & Co. Inc. 609 Fifth Avenue New York 17 N.Y." . 1st ed No additional printings listed. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 559pp. Gershwin Publishing Corporation Hardcover
1935212351New York: Random House 1935. Limited. hardcover. very good. Libretto by Dubose Heyward; Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Frontispiece and title page decoration by George Biddle. Small folio full red leather professionally recased with most of the original spine preserved and with the black morocco labels restamped. New York: Random House 1935. First Edition. One of 250 copies autographed by both Gershwins Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian the director. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Random House unknown
193532972Chappell & Co. London 1935 1935. originalgetreuer Einband Faks. . 4° 559s. in gutem Zustand CPA54b HC Chappell & Co., London 1935, unknown
1994Q-0769260098Alfred Music 1994-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Music paperback
1953195098<p>under direction of Robert Breen. New York Everyman Opera 1952. 4to. Introduction reproduces a Dwight D. Eisenhower letter dated March 30 1953. 28 pages including outer printed covers. Gershwin 1898-1937 American composer of theatrical and film scores often with his brother Ira; also known for his semiclassical jazz-influenced orchestral works "Rhapsody in Blue" 1924; "An American in Paris" 1928 and his innovative folk opera "Porgy and Bess" 1935; won first Pulitzer Prize for a musical "Of Thee I Sing" 1931.</p> unknown
1953502093<p>PROGRAM for the Blevins Davis/Robert Breen production of "Porgy and Bess" Ziegfeld Theatre New York 1953 starring Cab Calloway LeVern Hutchinson and Leslie Scott. 4to. 37 b/w photographs numerous b/w illustrations. Stiff color pictorial wraps.</p>
1956107399Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe muzykal'noe izdatel'stvo State Music Publishers 1956. Apparently the first Russian edition of Rhapsody in Blue and as was often the case with Muzizdat publications of contemporary Western music it is possible that it was a piracy. Uncommon no copy traced on WorldCat. Introduction by the leading soviet musicologist Grigori Schneerson. Quarto 287 x 222 mm. Wire-stitched in the original printed wrappers. Staples a touch rusted just a little rubbed on the spine and at the wrap edges pale toning last leaf creased overall very good. unknown
1960Z100-45627New World Music Corp 1960. paperback. Good. Some binding wear interior clean purple cover two piano version orchestral reduction. Appears to be a reprint of the 1924. New World Music Corp paperback
0769269923.Gspiral_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
2023ZB1342377SCHOTT 2023. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 weekend SALE item folio 112 pp. HARDCOVER NEW!!. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. SCHOTT hardcover
19942-0757932460Warner Bros Pubns 1994. Paperback. New. 12.00x9.00x0.50 inches. Warner Bros Pubns paperback
