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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.

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Classical Net Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a select discography. www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/gershwin.html

Famous Classical Composers: George Gershwin Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer. www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3228/Gershwin/index.html

Classical Music Pages Summary from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/gershwin.html

Karadar Article of the composer that includes life, works, photo gallery, and MIDI audio files. www.karadar.it/Dictionary/gershwin.html

Down Beat Magazine Includes vintage photos and a biography. www.downbeat.com/../window.asp?aid=222&aname=George+Gershwin

Song Trellis Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation. www.songtrellis.com/composers/Gershwin,George/changeslist

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.] www.gershwin.com

MSN Encarta Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph. encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761551803

Encyclopedia: George Gershwin Contains an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography. www.encyclopedia.com/html/g/gershwin.asp

Classical Music Archives: Gershwin Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format. www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/gershwin.html

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. www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=3604

Find a Grave Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial. www.findagrave.com/../..

Gershwin Fan Biography divided into major periods of his life, including childhood, early career, Rhapsody in Blue, Broadway, Hollywood, and influences on later music. www.gershwinfan.com/biogeorge.html

Songwriters Hall of Fame Biography, photograph, discography, audio clips in WMA and MP3, and recommended recordings. www.songwritershalloffame.org/..

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Filmography noting movies using or based on his works, awards, biography and trivia. us.imdb.com/name/nm0006097

Classic Cat: George Gershwin Biographical material, links, and directory of MP3 audio files. www.classiccat.net/gershwin_g

Humanities Web Brief biography, selected works, photograph, quotations, discography, suggested reading, additional resources, chronology, and related articles. humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=2

Wikipedia: George Gershwin Article with biography, music style, classical credits, musical theater credits, musical films, internal references, external links, and photographs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin

Classical Composers Database Biography of the composer with summary list of concert works, photograph, and links. www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=gershwin

Naxos: George Gershwin Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage, orchestral, and piano works, and discography. www.naxos.com/../default.asp?pn=Composers&char=G&ComposerID=387

New York City Opera Biography covering most aspects of his musical life. Includes photograph. www.nycopera.com/../resource/biographies/gershwin_george.aspx

George Gershwin: American Genius A biography featuring information about his collaboration with Dubose Heyward on the opera Porgy and Bess, photograph, and audio samples. www.carolinaclassical.com/gershwin

Record Hall: George Gershwin An analytical biography describing his works and style. www.recordhall.com/george-gershwin-biography.html

The Michael O'Neal Singers Composer of the month article about the composer. www.mosingers.com/composers/gershwin.html

Al Levy's Music: George Gershwin MIDI files of his preludes, rhapsodies, and opera Porgy and Bess. www.alevy.com/gershwin.htm

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