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Tables of Contents for Porgy and Bess
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Index of Scenes
Place: Charleston, S. C.
Time: The Recent Past
ACT I
Catfish Row
4
104
A Summer Evening
Serena's Room
108
81
The Following Night
ACT II
Catfish Row
189
88
A Month Later
Kittiwah Island
277
46
Evening, The Same Day
Catfish Row
323
42
Before Dawn, A Week Later
Serena's Room
365
81
Dawn of the Following Day
ACT III
Catfish Row
446
24
The Next Night
Catfish Row
470
35
The Next Afternoon
Catfish Row
505
A Week Later
Index of Songs, Arias and Themes
ACT I
Introduction
1
3
Jasbo Brown Blues
4
11
Summertime
15
21
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
36
6
Here Come De Honey Man
42
8
They Pass By Singin'
50
25
Oh Little Stars
75
33
Gone, Gone, Gone
108
13
Overflow
121
33
My Man's Gone Now
154
12
Leavin' For the Promise' Lan'
166
24
ACT II
It Take A Long Pull To Get There
190
7
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
197
38
Buzzard Song
235
17
Bess, You is My Woman
252
10
Oh, I Can't Sit Down
262
17
I Ain' Got No Shame
279
6
It Ain't Necessarily So
285
28
What You Want Wid Bess?
313
21
Oh, Doctor Jesus
334
4
Strawberry Woman
338
3
Crab Man
341
9
I Loves You, Porgy
350
15
Oh, Hev'nly Father
365
14
Oh, De Lawd Shake De Heavens
379
18
Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'
397
23
A Red Headed Woman
420
27
ACT III
Clara, Clara
447
50
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
497
15
Good Mornin', Sistuh!
512
26
Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
538
17
Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way
555