<P> Porgy and Bess is an English - language opera by the American composer George Gershwin , with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin . It was adapted from Heyward 's play Porgy , itself an adaptation of his 1925 novel of the same name . </P>
<P> Porgy and Bess is an English - language opera by the American composer George Gershwin , with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin . It was adapted from Heyward 's play Porgy , itself an adaptation of his 1925 novel of the same name . </P>
who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
who wrote the lyrics for porgy and bess
author DuBose Heyward lyricist Ira Gershwin
author DuBose Heyward lyricist Ira Gershwin