Packed with Gershwin’s own dazzling piano solos, Rhapsody in Blue ... Ira writing the lyrics) and he quickly become part of New York’s glamorous and sophisticated ‘high society’. George ...

Rhapsody” may lack the title of “concerto,” but its flashy solos and catchy tunes have attracted a century’s worth of famous pianists to Davies — including Gershwin himself in 1937.

T he Quad City Symphony Orcheestra Masterworks VI concerts April 5 and 6 will feature George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by acclaimed pianist Lorraine Min. according to a news ...

Claudia Kalb - Author, Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers The first song ever published by George Gershwin ... of a train in “Rhapsody in Blue,” his 1924 ...

will premiere the first full organ transcription of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on Friday, Apr. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center. The concert is free of charge and open to the ...

Rhapsody in Blue; But Not For Me; Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off; I Got Rhythm; I've Got A Crush On You; They Can’t Take That Away From Me; Slap That Bass; Love Is Here To Stay; How Long Has This Been ...

Expect “lots of swing and sophistication," says Cosette Justo Valdés about her all-Gershwin program with the Kalamazoo ...

His father, Morris Gershowitz, bought a piano in 1910 initially for Ira ... Rhapsody in Blue. The first performance on February 12, 1924 (attended by the likes of Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Toscanini ...

According to most authorities, the family's Judaism was neither religious nor political but, rather, cultural and casual.

Ira Gershwin has written 48 shows including Two Little Girls in Blue (Lyricist), For Goodness Sake (Lyricist), George White's Scandals [1922] (Lyricist), Be Yourself (Lyricist), Primrose (Lyricist ...

Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift became clear when he began to play a piano that had been bought for his older brother, Ira ... idea for Rhapsody in Blue came to ...

George Gershwin has written 48 ... Lyricist), Jolson & Co. (Composer/Lyricist), American Rhapsody: A New Musical Revue (Composer), George Gershwin Alone (Composer/Lyricist), Elaine Stritch At ...