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Al Levy's Music: George Gershwin - MIDI files of his preludes, rhapsodies, and opera Porgy and Bess.
http://www.alevy.com/gershwin.htm |
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Classic Cat: George Gershwin - Biographical material, links, and directory of MP3 audio files.
http://www.classiccat.net/gershwin_g/ |
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Classical Composers Database - Biography of the composer with summary list of concert works, photograph, and links.
http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=gershwin |
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Classical Music Archives: Gershwin - Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/gershwin.html |
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Classical Music Pages - Summary from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/gershwin.html |
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Classical Net - Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a select discography.
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/gershwin.html |
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Down Beat Magazine - Includes vintage photos and a biography.
http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?aid=222&aname=George+Gershwin |
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Encyclopedia: George Gershwin - Contains an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/g/gershwin.asp |
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Famous Classical Composers: George Gershwin - Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3228/Gershwin/index.html |
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Find a Grave - Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=389&pt=George%20Gershwin |
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George Gershwin: American Genius - A biography featuring information about his collaboration with Dubose Heyward on the opera Porgy and Bess, photograph, and audio samples.
http://www.carolinaclassical.com/gershwin/ |
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George and Ira Gershwin - 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.]
http://www.gershwin.com/ |
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Gershwin Fan - Biography divided into major periods of his life, including childhood, early career, Rhapsody in Blue, Broadway, Hollywood, and influences on later music.
http://www.gershwinfan.com/biogeorge.html |
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Humanities Web - Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles.
http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=2 |
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Karadar - Article of the composer that includes life, works, photo gallery, and MIDI audio files.
http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/gershwin.html |
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MSN Encarta - Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761551803 |
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Music Scores - Some sheet music downloads and audio playback.
http://www.music-scores.com/gershwin/composer.php |
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Naxos: George Gershwin - Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage, orchestral, and piano works, and discography.
http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=Composers&char=G&ComposerID=387 |
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New York City Opera - Biography covering most aspects of his musical life. Includes photograph.
http://www.nycopera.com/learning/resource/biographies/gershwin_george.aspx |
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Record Hall: George Gershwin - An analytical biography describing his works and style.
http://www.recordhall.com/george-gershwin-biography.html |
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Song Trellis - Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation.
http://www.songtrellis.com/composers/Gershwin,George/changeslist |
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Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography, photograph, discography, audio clips in WMA and MP3, and recommended recordings.
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=70 |
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Filmography noting movies using or based on his works, awards, biography and trivia.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0006097/ |
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The Michael O'Neal Singers - Composer of the month article about the composer.
http://www.mosingers.com/composers/gershwin.html |
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WQXR: George Gershwin - 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.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=3604 |
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Wikipedia: George Gershwin - Article with biography, music style, classical credits, musical theater credits, musical films, internal references, external links, and photographs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin |
