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1999
Abstract Gershwin, for all of his profound talents as a pianist and a composer of a modern classical music form, had little in common with jazz. His was a superficial knowledge at best, acquired chiefly from his occasional visits to Lenox avenue, uptown, and from his acquaintances among colored musicians on Broadway.
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Abstract Gershwin, for all of his profound talents as a pianist and a composer of a modern classical music form, had little in common with jazz. His was a superficial knowledge at best, acquired chiefly from his occasional visits to Lenox avenue, uptown, and from his acquaintances among colored musicians on Broadway.
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2007
George Gershwin is one of the giants of American music, unique in that he was both a brilliant writer of popular songs ("Swanee," "I Got Rhythm," "They Can't Take That Away From Me") and of more serious music, including "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American in Paris," and "Porgy and Bess." Now, in The George Gershwin Reader, music lovers are treated to a ...
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George Gershwin is one of the giants of American music, unique in that he was both a brilliant writer of popular songs ("Swanee," "I Got Rhythm," "They Can't Take That Away From Me") and of more serious music, including "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American in Paris," and "Porgy and Bess." Now, in The George Gershwin Reader, music lovers are treated to a ...
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George and Ira Gershwin Collection
Music Reference Services Quarterly, 2010The lyrics and music of the song “Summertime,” written by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward for the opera Porgy and Bess, are probably familiar to anyone who appreciates music. It is a song I often find myself singing. This October 2010 will mark the 75th Anniversary of the first production of the opera.
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The George Gershwin Reader (review)
Notes, 2005The George Gershwin Reader. Edited by Robert Wyatt and John Andrew Johnson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [xiv, 354 p. ISBN 0-19513019-7. $30.00.] Chronology, bibliography, index. The life and music of George Gershwin have occasioned a wide-ranging and voluminous mass of written commentarybeginning in the early 1920s, when the young composer
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George Gershwin’s Piano Rollography
1999Abstract A “rollography” is an annotated and classified list of an artist’s piano roll recordings. George Gershwin’s piano rollography, which follows, lists the 140 (perhaps 141) known piano rolls he recorded, according to roll label credits.
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George Gershwin. Rhapsody in Blue
La partitura per piccola orchestra arrangiata da Emanuele Stracchi è una nuova trascrizione della celebre “Rhapsody in Blue” di George Gershwin. La sua versione si basa sullo spartito originale per due pianoforti, nonché sulle orchestrazioni di Ferde Grofé per big band e orchestra sinfonica. L’organico prevede 22 elementi.Gershwin, George, Stracchi, Emanuele
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