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Peyser, in what is described as a “startling” new biography of composer George Gershwin, examines his relationship with his brother Ira, his affairs, and the musical climate in which he worked.
With regards to jazz standards, this is a colorful account of a brilliant composer and interesting to read because of its startling claims, some of which are deemed questionable by reviewers. General index contains list of song titles.
Joan Peyser is the author of Twentieth-Century Music: The Sense Behind the Sound, The Orchestra: Origins and Transformations, and biographies of Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez. She has been editor of The Musical Quarterly and a contributing writer to The New York Times.
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The JazzStandards.com bookstore provides you with
a catalog of over 140 books associated with the jazz standards.
Organized by category, each entry has an editorial comment to aid
you in your research and guide you in your recreational reading.
The books used to research and develop JazzStandards.com are
listed at the right and the listing may be considered the site bibliography.
The primary focus of these books is not always the jazz standards
per se, so each entry is annotated indicating the book's relevance
to the subject. If there is a book you feel we have overlooked,
please let us know the title and how it supports the research or
recreational study of the jazz standards.
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