Oh I got plenty o‘ nuttin by Jessie Stapo https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7 Made with serendipity en-us 2019-03-01 13:02:08 UTC 2025-04-20 15:43:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338802825 I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" is a song composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 "folk-opera" Porgy and Bess (1934). The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgyon which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin. It is one of the most famous songs from the opera (along with "Summertime", "It Ain't Necessarily So", and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now") and it has been recorded by hundreds of singers and music groups]]> 2019-03-07 11:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338802825 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338803035 2019-03-07 11:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338803035 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338804104 TEMPO// Moderate, at a moderate pace.
TONALITY// •Major         •Key of G major. 
MOOD// Happy, joyful and optimistic.
FORM// AABA

]]> 2019-03-07 11:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338804104 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338805902 MELODIC FEATURES
  • Range of 10th
  • Sequences Ex. There are rising sequences in the B phrase.
  • Sometimes the 4th note (fah) and 6th note (lay) of the scale is sharpened
  • The 7th note of the scale (ti) is flattened in the coda.
  • Repeated notes 

]]> 2019-03-07 11:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338805902 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806399 2019-03-07 11:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806399 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806606
The song expresses a cheerful acceptance of poverty as freedom from worldly cares. The singer says he has the most important things in life, " 'Cause de things dat I prize, / Like de stars in de skies / All are free". Most of all, he's "got my gal, got my Lord, got my song".



]]> 2019-03-07 11:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806606 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806739 The song originated from Gershwin's suggestion that a light moment was needed at that point in the second act. Unusually, he sketched the tune before the lyrics were written, playing a rough version on the piano at a meeting with the opera's lyricists, his brother Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Ira came up with the title "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' ". Heywood then asked Ira if he could draft out the song, as he had never written words to an existing tune before.A 'dummy' lyric was created by Ira and Heywood's wife Dorothy—with nonsense words to help him remember the required rhythm for the tune.[4] Heywood sent his rough draft to Ira, which Ira thought "had many useable lines", but was "awkward when sung". Ira polished it into a more singable form, while George perfected the music.[3] Ira considered the lyrics to be a "50–50 collaborative effort".[4]]]> 2019-03-07 11:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806739 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806924 The original orchestration introduced a banjo, which was used for "lightly sounding the vamp-like chords against the tuneful and exhuberant melody of the soloist".It has been noted that both the tune and the lyrics bear a significant resemblance to the Gershwin brothers' earlier hit "I Got Rhythm".]]> 2019-03-07 11:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338806924 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807150 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwmyJAEnz4s]]> 2019-03-07 12:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807150 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807272
The official spelling of the title is not used in many of the cover versions. It is varied in numerous different ways, including "Oh, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin" (Monica Zetterlund, 1959), "I Got Plenty of Nothin' " (Diahann Carroll, 1959), and the fully standard English "I've Got Plenty of Nothing" (Julia Migenes, 1989).



]]> 2019-03-07 12:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807272 stapojessie https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807618 COMPOSER:
George Jacob Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres.
]]> 2019-03-07 12:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/338807618 Sarahwade_ https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/340363282 Written by DuBose Hayward, Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin]]> 2019-03-12 12:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/stapojessie/tc84smbhp9k7/wish/340363282