Gershwin - Grand Fantasy Porgy & Bess Viola/Piano is currently unavailable

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This item will ship directly from our Australia warehouse! Viola, Piano SKU: HU.VWP100144 For Viola and Piano. Composed by George Gershwin. Strings, Repertoire, Solos. Grand Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess. Softcover Book. 28 pages. Viola World #VWP100144. Published by Viola World (HU.VWP100144). 12 x 9 x 0.1 inches.The famous opera by George and Ira Gershwin from the novel "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward. George and Ira Gershwin joined DuBose Heyward in Charleston to write the opera which had been germinating in George's imagination for several years. Porgy and Bess was George Gershwin's longest and most ambitious creation, but it was not truly successful during his lifetime. Some of the songs had achieved popularity before Gershwin's death in 1937, but the work earned real approval and favor only after the 1940 Theater Guild presentation of a slightly revised version. For years, it was performed more frequently in Europe, where it was considered a true American opera. Arranged for viola and piano by Alan Arnold.