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Gershwin, Ira

author, composer, librettist, lyricist, vocals


born: 06 Dec 1896 Brooklyn, New York / state, USA Source: 1  

died: 17 Aug 1983 Beverly Hills, California / state, USA Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 24 Aug 1983  

The Music Sack has 37 items with information about Ira Gershwin:


 2000

Indice de Autores e Intepretes

p. 321-356 In:
Miranda, Francisco Alia
La musica en la radio : radio Ciudad Real EAJ 65 y sus discos de pizarra
Coordinador: Francisco Alia Miranda
Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2000, 378 p.

Number of People : 2,443


 1999

Personenindex

p. 482-514 In:
Rauhaut, Birgit
Rauhut, Michael
Amiga : die Diskographie aller Rock- und Pop-Produktionen 1964-1990; mit uber 1500 teilweise farbigen Abbildungen
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1999, 575 p.

Number of People : 3,286


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1994

Rubiner, Julia M.
Contemporary musicians volume 11
Edited by Julia M. Rubiner
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1994, 316 p.

Number of People : 62


 1992

Dorough, Prince
Popular-music culture in America
New York: Ardsley House Publishers Inc., c1992, 352 p.

Number of People : 96


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1991

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
The truth behind the words and music of three generations
Mount Kisco, New York & London: Moyer Bell Limited, 1991

Number of People : 28


 1991

Hischak, Thomas S.
Word Crazy : Broadway lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim
New York: Praeger, 1991, 241 p.

Number of People : 21


 1990

Rust, Brian
Cliffe, Peter
Fascinating rhythm
Foreword by Brian Rust
Baldock, Hertfordshire: Egon Publishers Ltd, 1990, 282 p.

Number of People : 248


 1990

Furia, Philip
The poets of Tin Pan Alley
A history of America's great lyricists
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990, 322 p.

Number of People : 10


 1989

Green, Benny
Let's face the music
The golden age of popular song
London: Pavilion / Michael Joseph, 1989, 233 p.

Number of People : 12


 1987

Ewen, David
American songwriters. An H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1987

Number of People : 135


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1984

Sherrin, Ned
Song by song. The lives and work of 14 great lyric writers
Bolton: Ross Anderson Publications, 1984

Number of People : 14


 1984

Brahms, Caryl
Sherrin, Ned
Song by song. The lives and work of 14 great lyric writers
By Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin
Bolton, Lancashire: Ross Anderson Publications, 1984, 281 p.

Number of People : 14


 1984 Source: 1

Index to music necrology : 1983 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1984, p. 754

Number of People : 126


 1983

White, Mark
You must remember this ... : popular songwriters 1900-1980
London: Frederick Warner, 1983

Number of People : 137


 1982

Kanter, Kenneth Aaron
The jews on Tin Pan Alley
New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1982, 226 p.
       Note: The jewish contribution to American popular music 1830-1940

Number of People : 12


 1980

Index

The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1980

Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.

Number of People : 8,161


 1980

Green, Stanley
Taylor, Deems
The world of musical comedy.
The story of the American musical stage. As told through the careers of its foremost composers and lyricist.
Foreword by Deems Taylor
San Diego: A. S. Barnes, 1980, 391 p.

Number of People : 69


 1980

Warren, Craig
The great songwriters of Hollywood
London: A. S. Barnes, 1980

Number of People : 32


 1980

Performer Index : Speakers

p. 413-417 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.

Number of People : 341


 1980

Performer Index : Vocalist

p. 367- In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.

Number of People : 6,282


 1978

After Tin Pan Alley

p. 91 In:
Ager, Milton
Craig, Warren
Sweet and lowdown : America's popular song writers
By Warren Craig
With a foreword by Milton Ager
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978

Number of People : 105


 1976

Green, Stanley
Encyclopaedia of the musical theatre
New York: Dodd Mead, 1976

Number of People : 580


 1974

Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington, 1974

Number of People : 2,098


 1974

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1973

Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
New York: Atheneum, 1973

Number of People : 22


 1972

Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Revised and enlarged edition
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1972

Number of People : 45


 1970

Ewen, David
Great men of American popular song
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1970

Number of People : 42


 1966

[Index of Authors]

The above item is part of :
Charmes, Desiree de
Breed, Paul F.
Songs in collections : an index
Information Services Incorporated, 1966, 588 p.

Number of People : 1,567


 1962

Townend, P.
Who's who in music and musicians' international directory 1962
New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1962, 331 p.

Number of People : 3,194


 1959

Ewen, David
Complete book of the American musical theater
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959

Number of People : 77


 1929

Spaeth, Sigmund
Who is who in music
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1929

Number of People : 2,425


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