alocispepraluger102 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 a huge read. is it worth the time? Quote
BruceH Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 If it's good, it's worth it. But I don't know how good it is. Quote
BruceH Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 John McWhorter seems to think very highly of it. Quote
Larry Kart Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 John McWhorter seems to think very highly of it. I'm not saying it isn't a good book, but why or how the hell would John McWhorter know? I do know that Edward Jablonski's "Gershwin" is excellent. Quote
garthsj Posted April 28, 2007 Report Posted April 28, 2007 (edited) a huge read. is it worth the time? Howard Pollack is a colleague of mine here at the Univerity of Houston. He is (obviously) in the Moores School of Music, and a well respected musicologist. This is an amazing book (and I have read and own a copy of the Jablonski's biography). Pollack''s book is actually two biographies in one .. one half of the book is a very detailed musical history of Gershwin's work; the other is a fascinating examination of Gershwin's contribution to American music within the zeitgeist ... It is not an "easy" read, but in my limited experience in this particular field, it appears to be definitive (if it had been a volume dealing with the history of film I could be more precise in my assessment) ... The reviews that I have read appear to be uniformly complimentary, although there have been some questions about the dual structure of the book. Edited April 28, 2007 by garthsj Quote
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