The Gershwin Style: New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin

Even as orchestras, performers, enthusiasts, and critics across the nation—and across the globe—celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth, George Gershwin (1898-1937) remains one of America's most popular yet least appreciated composers. True, he is loved and revered for his wonderful popular songs, a few instrumental works, and the majestic opera Porgy and Bess. But most of his music is virtually unknown; hundreds of compositions, Broadway show tunes, and even several large and im…