Entries from Westport Public Library MOVIE & MUSIC Blog tagged with 'George Gershwin'
Grace Notes: George Gershwin
Today marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Brooklyn-born composer, pianist, and conductor George Gershwin. His passion and talents for music became evident after his family got a piano intended for his older brother Ira. He became so enamoured with popular music that he left high school at the age of fifteen and worked as a song plugger for Jerome H. Remick & Co., a music publishing firm on Tin Pan Alley. His piano playing markedly improved, and he developed into a highly competent vocal accompanist. His ...Tags:
Posted by MargieF on September 26, 2008 2:51 PM
Grace Notes: George Gershwin (1898-1937)
The music of George Gershwin, the wunderkind from Brooklyn whose short, meteoric career introduced jazz to the classical music world, will be presented by the Norwalk Symphony at the Norwalk Concert Hall on Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 p.m. Girl Crazy Overture, Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue and selections from Porgy and Bess will be heard. Jon Nakamatsu will be the soloist in the two piano works, and baritone Edward Pleasant and soprano Julie-Ann Whitely Green will be the singers in Porgy and Bess. The educational and entertaining aspects of the program will be enhanced by the pre-concert talk by ...Posted by MargieF on March 25, 2008 12:52 PM
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