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Biography, articles on American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a select discography.
www.classical.net
Famous Classical Composers: George Gershwin
Details the early life of this classical and jazz composer.
www.geocities.com
Summary from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music.
w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Article of the composer that includes life, works, photo gallery, and MIDI audio files.
www.karadar.it
Includes vintage photos and a biography.
www.downbeat.com
Chord sequences of many famous tunes in MIDI and printable GIF format available for study, practice and improvisation.
www.songtrellis.com
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
Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article focuses on his musical and compositional career. Includes a photograph.
encarta.msn.com
Contains an article that includes a sketch about his brother Ira and a bibliography.
www.encyclopedia.com
Classical Music Archives: Gershwin
Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format.
www.classicalarchives.com
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
Biographical sketch, photographs, pictures of mausoleum, cemetery information, and virtual memorial.
www.findagrave.com
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
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