I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which premiered 100 years ago this week, from start to finish. Snippets had played throughout the soundtrack of my life as a ...

When “Rhapsody in Blue” was first performed at New York City’s Aeolian Concert Hall 100 years ago this month, it was a cultural watershed. Concertgoers gushed. Critics swooned. The work’s composer, 25 ...

Burton Lane, Broadway and Hollywood composer and sometime lyricist, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, August 17, 1992 in New York. In 1992, after creating a radio documentary about Leonard ...

Novelist John O'Hara once said "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." For Gershwin lovers and new fans alike, there is no need to believe.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 2023-2024 PNC Pops season, brought a heavy dose of “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” to Heinz Hall on Friday night with their Gershwin celebration. This ...

Nearly nine decades after his death at 38 years old, George Gershwin remains one of the most celebrated and influential American composers. Dr. Thomas Cimarusti, Professor of Music History at Florida ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A jazz musician considers the legacy and unfulfilled promise of George Gershwin’s catchy — or you could say corny — repertory staple. George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - It’s been almost 100 years since the last recorded production of composer George Gershwin’s musical “La La Lucille.” After opening on Broadway in 1919 and touring for a few years, its ...

Feb. 12 marks the 100th anniversary of the most famous and familiar work of American classical music, the splashy “Rhapsody in Blue.” It came to symbolize the Jazz Age and made an international ...