On a recommendation from Maurice Ravel, Gershwin arrived in Paris in March 1928 to meet with Nadia Boulanger. After playing only ten minutes of his music, Boulanger replied that she had nothing to teach him. This did not set Gershwin back, as his real intent abroad was to complete a...
This tune was used as the theme song for the Ernie Kovaks show during the 1950's. In fact, Jack Newlon 'borrowed' the first strain from Gershwin's only rag for his own composition the Oriental Blues which was the music used by Mr. Kovaks for his radio and television programs from...
These short piano pieces were first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in 1926. and are excellent examples of Gershwin's ability to meld classical music and jazz. Following in the footsteps of Bach and Debussy, Gershwin originally planned to compose twenty four preludes, but only completed...
These short piano pieces were first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in 1926. and are excellent examples of Gershwin's ability to meld classical music and jazz. Following in the footsteps of Bach and Debussy, Gershwin originally planned to compose twenty four preludes, but only completed...
These short piano pieces were first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York in 1926. and are excellent examples of Gershwin's ability to meld classical music and jazz. Following in the footsteps of Bach and Debussy, Gershwin originally planned to compose twenty four preludes, but only completed...
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