Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. To the memory of Darryl Marcus Wexler vii
3. Contents ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Part One. Life
6. Chapter One. Gershwin and His Family 3
7. Chapter Two. Gershwin’s Musical Education to the Rhapsody in Blue (1924) 22
8. Chapter Three. Gershwin and the New Popular Music 41
9. Chapter Four. The Popular Pianist 61
10. Chapter Five. Toward a Career in the Theater 81
11. Chapter Six. Gershwin among His Friends 96
12. Chapter Seven. Later Studies 118
13. Chapter Eight. Gershwin and the Great Tradition 136
14. Chapter Nine. Gershwin and Popular Music and Jazz after 1920 157
15. Chapter Ten. Working Methods 175
16. Chapter Eleven. Gershwin the Man 193
17. Part Two. Work
18. Chapter Twelve. From “Ragging the Traumerei” (ca. 1913) to The Capitol Revue (1919) 219
19. Chapter Thirteen. From Morris Gest’s Midnight Whirl (1919) to The Perfect Fool (1921) 242
20. Chapter Fourteen. From The French Doll to Our Nell (1922) 263
21. Chapter Fifteen. From The Sunshine Trail to Sweet Little Devil (1923) 279
22. Chapter Sixteen. The Rhapsody in Blue (1924) 294
23. Chapter Seventeen. The Scandals of 1924, Primrose, and Lady, Be Good! (1924) 316
24. Chapter Eighteen. Short Story, Tell Me More, and the Concerto in F (1925) 337
25. Chapter Nineteen. Tip-Toes and Song of the Flame (1925) 359
26. Chapter Twenty. Oh, Kay! and Other Works (1926) 377
27. Chapter Twenty-One. Strike Up the Band and Funny Face (1927) 395
28. Chapter Twenty-Two. Rosalie and Treasure Girl (1928) 417
29. Chapter Twenty-Three. An American in Paris (1928) and East Is West (1929) 431
30. Chapter Twenty-Four. Show Girl and The Dybbuk (1929) 451
31. Chapter Twenty-Five. Girl Crazy (1930) 465
32. Chapter Twenty-Six. Delicious and the Second Rhapsody (1931) 482
33. Chapter Twenty-Seven. Of Thee I Sing (1931) 499
34. Chapter Twenty-Eight. George Gershwin’s Song-Book (1932) 519
35. Chapter Twenty-Nine. The Cuban Overture (1932) and Pardon My English (1933) 534
36. Chapter Thirty. Let ’Em Eat Cake (1933) and Variations on “I Got Rhythm” (1934) 549
37. Chapter Thirty-One. Porgy and Bess (1935) 567
38. Chapter Thirty-Two. The First Production of Porgy and Bess 592
39. Chapter Thirty-Three. Porgy and Bess in Revival 609
40. Chapter Thirty-Four. Porgy and Bess on Disc, Film, and the Concert Stage 641
41. Chapter Thirty-Five. From Swing Is King (1936) to A Damsel in Distress (1937) 665
42. Chapter Thirty-Six. From The Goldwyn Follies (1938) to Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) 684
43. Conclusion 701
44. Notes 707
45. Selected Bibliography 817
46. Index 825