The concert as a whole demonstrated the astonishing range of George Gershwin’s music—from the Broadway musical stage to the ...

To the editor: Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for the tribute to George Gershwin and his "messy" masterpiece, "Rhapsody in Blue." Despite criticism of this work, performers will play and audiences ...

George Gershwin has written 48 shows including Half-Past Eight (Composer), La, La, Lucille (Composer), La-La-Lucille! (Composer), Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" (Composer), George White's Scandals ...

George Gershwin (1898-1937) american composer and pianist c. 1930 (Source Getty) George Gershwin had a "composer's stomach." His friend Oscar Levant joked that George’s favorite food was "gruel, ...

Though Gershwin died at the early age of 37, many of his songs and compositions remain among the most beloved in America's songbook. The cap and barrel of the George Gershwin Donation Pen are made ...

And who could keep a straight face listening to the strutting clarinet solo at the beginning of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? The now-iconic slide that opens the work, delivered with ...

Byron Stripling will be guest conductor for “Gershwin, Berlin & Friends” which begins at 7:30 p.m. at Springfield Symphony ...

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has unveiled its 2025­­­–26 season, the first under the leadership of new Music ...

Musicians often take inspiration from the world around them. George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is a famous piece that is based on the sounds of everyday life in a big city. It is performed by ...

Is there anyone, from the most sophisticated to the musically illiterate, who doesn’t get a kick out of Gershwin? No composer has done more ... but it was Jacob (later George) who took to it like a ...