George Gershwin

Library of Congress to unveil National Recording Preservation Plan

2013-02-13 00:00:00

A broad-scale plan to preserve the nation's cultural heritage captured on sound recordings and to make more than a century's worth of recorded materials more widely available for educational purposes is being unveiled Wednesday at the Library of...

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett dies at 76; composer had 3 Oscar nods

2012-12-30 12:10:00

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a prolific British composer, arranger and pianist whose film scores were nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City. He was 76. Bennett died Dec. 24 after a brief illness, his publisher Novello & Co...

2013 Grammy Award nominees

2012-12-06 17:03:00

Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...

Elliott Carter dies at 103; inventive American composer

2012-11-06 00:00:00

Elliott Carter, the great American composer who was born in the horse-and-buggy era but whose music persistently looked ahead by reflecting and unabashedly celebrating the intricacies of modern life, died Monday of natural causes at his home in New York,...

Review: 'Nice Work if You Can Get It' makes Roaring '20s whimper

2012-04-24 20:25:00

NEW YORK — Anyone out there heard of George and Ira Gershwin? Well, apparently, the brothers — long dead, if I'm not mistaken — have a "new" musical comedy, which opened Tuesday at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway. The show, which stars...

Pacific Symphony season to star Lang Lang and honor Ellington

2012-02-02 21:33:28

Tim Tebow visits 'Wicked' on Broadway

2012-03-26 16:33:37

Friday's TV highlights

2012-01-06 00:00:00

'Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams' finds good company in Bob Dylan

2011-10-02 00:00:00

Singer and songwriter Holly Williams, the granddaughter of country music giant Hank Williams, knew something big was up when Bob Dylan approached her at a gig several years ago and handed her a handful of song lyrics he wanted her to peruse. "He didn't...

The Arts on TV New Year's Eve: Bernstein and Gershwin; Cold Play

2011-12-22 16:33:15

TV Celebrates the New Year

2011-12-28 21:36:43

'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections

2011-12-27 21:38:06

Event chair Barbara Kiefer at the table she designed, "S' Wonderful-Celebrating The Music of George Gershwin" with Lenox "Rhythm" dinner plates and vintage table linens and water goblets.

2012-11-16 06:10:00

A regular visitor to Chicago, the pianist Hershey Felder has done a number of solo shows about composers such as George Gershwin and Beethoven. The formula has been to assume the character of the composer and add his own bravura performances of their greatest hits at the grand piano.

2011-11-17 00:00:00

Herbie Hancock performs George Gershwin 's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall during its opening gala.

2011-09-28 15:10:20