Selected Lyrics (Gershwin)

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Author: Ira Gershwin ISBN: 9781598530520 Binding: hardcover Section: Music Ira Gershwin once remarked that he always tried to “capture the way people spoke to each other—their slan g, their clichés, the catch phrases.” Few people in ordinary life, of course, can muster the humor, vivacity, and emotional directness that Gershwin brought to his lyrics. His collaboration with his brother George—one of the summits of American popular music—produced masterpieces that reflect, perhaps, the way people would like to talk. Show more