It’s hard to read a biography of George Gershwin, who died at 38, without feeling a sense of loss. But rather than bemoan the composer’s premature passing, Richard Crawford, a musicologist and ...

In this brief biography of Gershwin, Rimler (A Gershwin Companion: A Critical Inventory and Discography, 1916-1984) excels at exploring the composer's personal relationships, particularly those with ...

George Gershwin’s music is virtually always in the air, but the details of his personal life have remained something of a mystery. It may well be that at this point, nearly 56 years after the composer ...

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

In this book William Hyland's reexamines Gershwin's personality and music. He illustrates how the composer's craftsmanship was criticized and his music was relegated to the status of "lowbrow" for ...

More than half a century after the tragic death of George Gershwin at age 38, dozens of Gershwin scores long presumed lost are belatedly coming to light. And though Gershwin probably will always be ...

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known ...

No show that features songs like “Fascinating Rhythm”, “‘S Wonderful”, “The Man I Love”, “I Got Rhythm”, “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Embraceable You” can be all bad. But George Gershwin Alone ...

The designation of "George Gershwin Alone" as "a play with music" is only half accurate. Of music there is much -- 10 or so of the composer's greatest songs as well as "Rhapsody in Blue" -- but this ...