George Gershwin said of his Rhapsody in Blue that it's "A musical kaleidoscope of America — of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our blues, our metropolitan madness." It is ...
On Saturday, Michael Feinstein conducts the Pasadena Pops in what promises to be a delve-deep inside their canon. Then Tuesday, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s program at the Hollywood Bowl features ...
Among the many highlights of Hershey Felder’s “George Gershwin Alone,” a one-man show about the composer’s life that opened Wednesday at the Geffen Playhouse, two in particular stood out. In the first ...
On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...
When Composer George Gershwin crumpled in Hollywood last fortnight, doctors called it overwork. Last week, when he collapsed again they found a cystic tumor growing fast in his brain. Doctors at ...
Joe Vass has always loved the music of composer George Gershwin, and other songwriters from the early to mid-20th century — music from what is known as the Great American Songbook. But when Vass began ...
The contents of a box Kerzner uncovered at Amherst College ultimately contained George Gershwin's lost musical. (photo by Jacob Kerzner, courtesy University of Michigan Communications) It’s been just ...
Three times now George Gershwin has set foot over the line that divides formal and informal music; three times taken his own jazz notions, compounded them seriously and presented them, not for any ...
Lost sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical has resurfaced nearly a century after it was last performed. Jacob Kerzner, a researcher and musician at the University of Michigan, ...
Insert your favorite toilet joke here. I tried. I considered dozens of poop puns, then finally decided nothing could top reality. So here it is: In the 1930s, George Gershwin—already a huge ...
Vier Songs von George und Ira Gershwin, Betty Boop, Nancy Drew und viele weitere gehören zu den geistigen Eigentümern, die offiziell als Teil des Public Domain Day 2026 gemeinfrei geworden sind. Der ...
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