Arts, Music, Composition, Composers, G, Gershwin, George

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- Official site. Celebrating and archiving the lives of the brothers with history, timeline, references, anthology of selected films and shows, sound clips by noted artists, jukebox, and events. [Requires Flash.]

- Critic David Schiff discusses the confusion and misunderstandings that many listeners have in their opinions of the American composer. [Atlantic Monthly]
- Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph.
- Includes vintage photos and biography.
- Biographical sketch with summaries of stage works and orchestral and piano music.
- Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles from Humanities Web.
- Chord sequences of many famous Gershwin tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation.
- Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer.
- Biography following him from self taught accompanist through composer of popular music, and on to more serious compositions; includes summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- "The George Gershwin Educational Fanpage". Biography, discography, works, book store, music store, sheet music store, message boards.
- Biography covering most aspects of his musical life from the Learning Center of the New York City Opera. Includes photograph.
- A biography featuring information about his collaboration with Dubose Heyward on the opera Porgy and Bess, photograph, and audio samples. By Charles K. Moss.
- Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format.
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue. Select discography.

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