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George Gershwin

26 sep 1898 (Brooklin) - 11 jul 1937 (Hollywood)

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Work lists: List1 List2

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The Official Website - 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.]
Al Levy's Music: George Gershwin - MIDI files of his preludes, rhapsodies, and opera Porgy and Bess.
Classical Composers Database - Biography of the composer with summary list of concert works, photograph, and links.
Classical Music Pages - Classical Music Pages summary from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
Classical Net - Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue. Select discography.
Down Beat Magazine - Includes vintage photos and a biography.
Encyclopedia: George Gershwin - Includes an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography.
Famous Classical Composers: George Gershwin - Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer.
Find a Grave - Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial.
Humanities Web - Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles.
Karadar - Article of the composer that includes life, works, photo gallery, and MIDI audio files.
MSN Encarta - Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph.
Music Scores - Some sheet music downloads and audio playback.
Naxos: George Gershwin - Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage, orchestral, and piano works, and discography.
New York City Opera - Biography covering most aspects of his musical life. Includes photograph.
Record Hall: George Gershwin - An analytical biography describing his works and style.
Song Trellis - Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Filmography noting movies using or based on his works, awards, biography and trivia, and related material from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
The Michael O'Neal Singers - Composer of the month article about the composer.
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.

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