George Gershwin letters to Isaac Goldberg, 1929-1937.

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George Gershwin letters to Isaac Goldberg, 1929-1937.

35 letters.

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8001067

Houghton Library

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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Goldberg, Isaac, 1887-1938

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Isaac Goldberg (1887-1938) was an American author, critic and editor. He was literary editor at the American Freeman from 1923 to 1932 and music reviewer for American Mercury from 1930 to 1932. He also was a founder and editor of Panorama and an editor of The Reviewer. His works included biographies, books on literature and the theatre, and translations of novels, plays and criticism from Yiddish as well as major European languages. From the guide to the Isaac Goldberg papers, 1919-1...