Gershwin, George - Gershwin, Ira - Signed Contract Porgy and Bess Autographs Singers 50 or less W-X Effie Shannon

Effie Shannon

trimmed corners

died by drowning in a beach in Israel in 1973 at age 44

mostly known for his operas and other vocal works

Inscribed at the Paris Opera

Gershwin, George - Gershwin, Ira - Signed Contract Porgy and Bess Autographs Singers 50 or less W-X Effie ShannonAmerican lyricist (1896 1983) who collaborated with his younger brother George Gershwin (1898 1937) to create the most famous opera in the English language "Porgy and Bess". Typed contract (carbon copy) with original signatures of the two brothers by the bottom of the document, about the leasing to the International Play Bureau in Great Britain, and establishing royalties and fees. Size is 8. 3 x 13 inches, 1 page, minor crack, folds, in very good