George Gershwin

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  • Tetrachord
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    • Apr 2016
    • 267
    #1

    George Gershwin

    Very much enjoying listening to the series on this great composer and passing it around to friends here in Australia. Gershwin has been a huge favourite since I was 14 and I've found a friend in our music group who's a huge fan too. There isn't much new information as I've read all the biographies of GG but it's a buzz hearing recordings I haven't heard before.

    Sorry, I see that I should have posted this in "Composer of the Week" (if somebody could move it please!).
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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26572
    #2
    I've heard bits from the two programmes so far, and enjoyed what I've heard. I only know the broad strokes of GG's short life... so I was for example fascinated to hear that he and Fred Astaire became mates in their teenage years after meeting in a record store where young George was working...
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • Tetrachord
      Full Member
      • Apr 2016
      • 267
      #3
      Also, this is a recording made by George of one of my favorites of his, "My One and Only".

      My One And Only - Piano Solo by The Composer, George Gershwin - Columbia 5109
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A94Ncds0_Vs
      A record I picked up for free, so excuse the noise as it's a bit worn! Here is the master at work with his own composition, recorded and only released in the...

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