Sheet music from the early 20th century.
(Photo:Wikimedia, Public Domain)
What’s your favorite musical?
Do you belt out Defying Gravity when you’re alone?
Sheet music from the early 20th century. (Photo:Wikimedia, Public Domain)
Do you still dance anytime Seasons of Love fromRentstarts playing?
Do you still dream of the incredible costumes fromThe Lion King?
Chances are, if you’re a Broadway enthusiast or music aficionado, you know George Gershwin’s work.
“La La Lucille” in its film adaption, 1920. (Photo:Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain)
Born in 1898, the legendary composer produced classics throughout his short life before dying in 1937.
He wrote the operaPorgy and Bessas well as the originalFunny Facemusical starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire.
La La Lucillepremiered on Broadway in 1919.
The music, composed entirely by a brilliant 20-year-old Gershwin, ushers the characters through the plot.
University of Michigan scholar Jacob Kerzner was perusing the Amherst College archives in summer 2023.
In the Samuel French Collection, he discovered a surprising stack of about 800 pages full of scores.
The musical’s last recorded performance, while on the road, was in Massachusetts in 1926.
This may be why the scores ended up in Amherst.
Junior Aquila Sol sang Somehow It Seldom Comes True, while junior Keyon Pickett performed From Now On.
Professor Jayce Ogren conducted.
We get to hear these fun flute lines that we hadnt noticed, Kerzner toldM Live.
A critical edition of the work is also said to be in the works.
La La Lucille in its film adaption, 1920.
