Furia, Philip,  1943-2019. <br/><br/>
Ira Gershwin :  the art of the lyricist / 
Philip Furia. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  1996. 
 - vii, 278 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Bidin' my time: 1896-1917<br/>Boy wanted: 1918-1924<br/>That certain feeling: 1924-1927<br/>'S wonderful: 1927-1930<br/>Sweeping the country: 1930-1933<br/>Necessarily so: 1933-1935<br/>Fun to be fooled: 1934-1936<br/>Here to stay: 1936-1938<br/>This is new: 1939-1941<br/>Sing me not a ballad: 1941-1945<br/>Lonelier and tougher: 1951-1954<br/>The long, long night: 1954-1983 
<br/><br/> In Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist, the older and less flamboyant of the Gershwin brothers at last steps out of the shadows to claim his due as one of American songwriting's most important and enduring innovators. Philip Furia traces the development of Ira Gershwin's lyrical art from his early love of light verse and Gilbert and Sullivan, through his apprentice work in Tin Pan Alley, to his emergence as a prominent writer for the Broadway musical theater in the 1920s. Furia illuminates his work in satirical operettas such as Of Thee I Sing and Strike Up the Band, the smart "little" revues of the 1930s, and his contributions to the opera Porgy and Bess. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195082990 9780195082999 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94045715  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gershwin, Ira,  1896-1983  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lyricists--United States--Biography.<br/>Letristas --Estados Unidos --Biografía
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B ML 423  / G381F 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.1/4/092