Gershwin: Music in the Heart of Noise

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📚 Sources/further reading:
“George Gershwin: His Life and Work” by Howard Pollack
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bi...
https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bi...
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/dl_f...
https://www.academia.edu/13631805/Ger...
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/...
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63494...
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/musi...

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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.

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Music:

Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
George Gershwin: Impromptu in Two Keys, performed by Thomas Little
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Mauro Bertoli and the Texas Festival Orchestra
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
George Gershwin: Swanee, performed by Al Jolson in the 1945 film Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin: Three Preludes, performed by Thorsten Hammer
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
George Gershwin: Swanee, Fascinating Rhythm, S’Wonderful, I Got Rhythm, and The Man I Love (from Songbook), performed by Tom Pascale
[free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]

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