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Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward. All three works deal with African-American life in the fictitious Catfish Row (based on the area of Cabbage RowCabbage Row – Charleston, SC – Attraction in South Carolina</ref>) in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1920s.
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| Article on Porgy and Bess Article on Porgy and Bess www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/gershwin/porgy&bess.html - Web |
| "Porgy and Bess: An American Voice" "Porgy and Bess: An American Voice" www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/porgy/index.html - Web |
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| Hypertext edition of the novel Porgy Hypertext edition of the novel Porgy xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/PORGY/porghome.html - Web |
| "Jazzbo: Why we still listen to Gershwin" "Jazzbo: Why we still listen to Gershwin" www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/10/050110crat_atlarge - Web |
| Internet Broadway Database listings for all Broadw... Internet Broadway Database listings for all Broadway productions www.ibdb.com/Show.asp?id=7190 - Web |
| Ovrtur.com Entry Ovrtur.com Entry www.ovrtur.com/content/show.php?id=120664 - Web |
| "75 years Porgy and Bess" "75 years Porgy and Bess" www.soundfountain.com/gershwin/porgybess.html - Web |
