Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess is an opera with music by George Gershwin, based on the novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward. "Summertime" and "I loves you, Porgy" are the most recognized of its songs.

Incarnations of the story

• Porgy, 1925 novel by DuBose Heyward
• Porgy, 1927 Theater Guild dramatization by DuBose Heyward & Dorothy Heyward
• Porgy and Bess, 1935 opera by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward

External links

• Porgy and Bess at classical.net
• Hypertext edition of the novel Porgy

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