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乔治．葛诗文 (George
Gershwin) 完成了乞丐与荡妇 (Porgy
and Bess) 的乐谱
1935年9月2日
你最近一次做出非常棒，让你自己感到惊讶的事情是什么时候呢？乔治．葛诗文于1935年9月2日完成了歌剧「乞丐与荡妇」的乐谱，并在乐谱上签名。葛诗文写过许多受欢迎的歌曲，但是他认为「乞丐与荡妇」是：「我认为这个音乐真是太神奇了，我不敢相信这是我写出来的。」
「乞丐与荡妇」是根据杜柏斯．海沃德 (Dubose
Heyward) 的小说「乞丐」 (Porgy) 所改编的歌剧，而海沃德也参与歌剧的写作过程。故事是有关南卡罗莱那州嘎勒人 (Gullah，非裔美人) 的文化。葛诗文知道在他完成「乞丐与荡妇」之前，他必须要先学习有关嘎勒人的文化。这个民族是奴隶的后裔，他们的语言相当特殊，结合了英语与西非地区的字汇。
When was the last time you did something so wonderful, you surprised yourself? George Gershwin signed his name to the completed opera score for Porgy and Bess on September 2, 1935. Gershwin wrote many popular songs, but of Porgy and Bess, he said, "I think the music is so marvelous, I don't believe I wrote it."
Porgy and Bess was based on the book Porgy by Dubose Heyward (who also worked on the opera) about the African American "Gullah" culture of South Carolina. Gershwin knew that before he could write the music to Porgy and Bess, he would need to learn something about the "Gullah" people, descendants of former slaves who speak a unique language that is a combination of English and West African words.
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