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 | Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist (Updated Edition) by Philip Furia (Professor Of English, University Of Minnesota) Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-19-511570-8 / 0195115708 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511570-3 / 9780195115703 To the perennial question "which comes first, the music or the words?" Ira Gershwin always responded, "the contract." The jest reveals both Ira's consummate professionalism and the self-effacing wit with which he ducked the spotlight whenever possible. Yet the ingeniously inventive melodies George G | |