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Born in New York to Russian-Jewish parents, George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) did much in his short life to bridge the gap between American popular music and serious classical compositions. Among his most known works are the opera Porgy and Bess and the orchestral pieces Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.

Resources in This Category

• Al Levy's Music: George Gershwin

  http://www.alevy.com/gershwin.htm
  MIDI files of his preludes, rhapsodies, and opera Porgy and Bess.

• Classic Cat: George Gershwin

  http://www.classiccat.net/gershwin_g/
  Biographical material, links, and directory of MP3 audio files.

• Classical Archives: George Gershwin

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/2576.html
  Biography and complete files offered in MIDI format.

• Classical Net

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/gershwin.php
  Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a select discography.

• Encyclopedia: George Gershwin

  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/George_Gershwin.aspx
  Includes an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography.

• Find a Grave

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=389&pt=George+Gershwin
  Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial.

• George and Ira Gershwin

  http://www.gershwin.com/
  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.]

• Humanities Web

  http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=2
  Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles.

• Music Scores

  http://www.music-scores.com/gershwin/composer.php
  Some sheet music downloads and audio playback.

• Musicalics

  http://musicalics.com/en/node/79696
  Biography of the composer with summary list of concert works, photograph, and links.

• Naxos: George Gershwin

  http://www.naxos.com/person/George_Gershwin_27204/27204.htm
  Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage, orchestral, and piano works, and discography.

• Song Trellis

  http://www.songtrellis.com/composers/Gershwin,George/changeslist
  Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation.

• The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006097/
  Filmography noting movies using or based on his works, awards, biography and trivia.

• Wikipedia: George Gershwin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin
  Article with biography, music style, classical credits, musical theater credits, musical films, internal references, external links, and photographs.

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