Born in New York to Russian-Jewish parents, George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) did much in his short life to bridge the gap between American popular music and serious classical compositions. Among his most known works are the opera Porgy and Bess and the orchestral pieces Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. 1. Classic Cat: George Gershwin - Biographical material, links, and directory of MP3 audio files. 2. Classical Composers Database - Biography of the composer with summary list of concert works, photograph, and links. 3. New York City Opera - Biography covering most aspects of his musical life. Includes photograph. 4. NodeWorks Encyclopedia: George Gershwin - Article with biography, music style, classical credits, musical theater credits, musical films, internal references, external links, and photographs. 5. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Filmography noting movies using or based on his works, awards, biography and trivia. 6. Al Levy's Music: George Gershwin - MIDI files of his preludes, rhapsodies, and opera Porgy and Bess. 7. Classical Music Archives: Gershwin - Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format. 8. Classical Music Pages - Summary from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. 9. Classical Net - Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a select discography. 10. Down Beat Magazine - Includes vintage photos and a biography. 11. Encyclopedia: George Gershwin - Contains an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography. 12. Famous Classical Composers: George Gershwin - Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer. 13. Find a Grave - Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial. 14. George and Ira Gershwin - 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.] 15. George Gershwin: American Genius - A biography featuring information about his collaboration with Dubose Heyward on the opera Porgy and Bess, photograph, and audio samples. 16. Gershwin Fan - Biography divided into major periods of his life, including childhood, early career, Rhapsody in Blue, Broadway, Hollywood, and influences on later music. 17. Humanities Web - Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles. 18. Karadar - Article of the composer that includes life, works, photo gallery, and MIDI audio files. 19. MSN Encarta - Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph. 20. Music Scores - Some sheet music downloads and audio playback. 21. Naxos: George Gershwin - Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage, orchestral, and piano works, and discography. 22. Record Hall: George Gershwin - An analytical biography describing his works and style. 23. Song Trellis - Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation. 24. Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography, photograph, discography, audio clips in WMA and MP3, and recommended recordings. 25. The Michael O'Neal Singers - Composer of the month article about the composer. 26. 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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