George Gershwin; a study in American music. by Goldberg, Isaac, 1887-1938

George Gershwin : his journey to greatness / by Ewen, David, 1907-1985

George Gershwin / by Greenberg, Rodney

George Gershwin : a new biography / by Hyland, William G. 1929-2008

George Gershwin : an intimate portrait / by Rimler, Walter

George Gershwin / by Starr, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Principal works by George Gershwin.…”

The George Gershwin reader /

George Gershwin, man and legend. by Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975

The Gershwin style : new looks at the music of George Gershwin /

Table of Contents: “…Gilbert -- Musings on "Nice Gershwin tunes," form, and harmony in the concert music of Gershwin / Larry Starr -- Gershwin's Blue Monday (1922) and the promise of success / John Andrew Johnson -- Rhapsody in Blue : a study in Hollywood hagiography / Charlotte Greenspan -- Gershwin on the cover of Rolling Stone / Susan Richardson -- George Gershwin and jazz / C. André Barbera -- Tracing Gershwin's piano rolls / Artis Wodehouse -- George Gershwin's piano rollography / Michael Montgomery -- What about Ira? …”

Of thee I sing : a musical play in two acts / by Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961

Schoenberg / by Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975

Daily rituals : how artists work / by Currey, Mason

Table of Contents:

Andy Warhol was a hoarder : inside the minds of history's great personalities / by Kalb, Claudia

Table of Contents: “…Marilyn Monroe -- Howard Hughes -- Andy Warhol -- Princess Diana -- Abraham Lincoln -- Christine Jorgensen -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Betty Ford -- Charles Darwin -- George Gershwin -- Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Albert Einstein.…”

Gershwin, his life and music / by Schwartz, Charles

Gershwin in his time : a biographical scrapbook, 1919-1937 /

Story-lives of American composers, by Bakeless, Katherine Little, 1895-1992

Table of Contents: “…Handy -- John Alden Carpenter -- Charles Griffes -- Jerome Kern -- Deems Taylor -- Irving Berlin -- Roy Harris -- George Gershwin -- Aaron Copland.…”

Composers' voices from Ives to Ellington : an oral history of American music / by Perlis, Vivian

Table of Contents: “…Leo Ornstein ; Edgard Varèse ; Carl Ruggles ; Dane Rudhyar ; Charles Seeger ; Henry Cowell -- On the jazz age and George Gershwin -- With a French accent: Nadia Boulanger -- From the Boulangerie. …”

Lead like the legends : advice and inspiration for teachers and administrators / by Steinberg, David I.

Table of Contents: “…Judy Garland : be sincere -- Rogers and Hammerstein, Joe Raposo : be optimistic -- Ray Charles : accept no limits -- George Gershwin : be eclectic -- Duke Ellington : lead by participating -- Leonard Bernstein : lead with imagination -- Marian Anderson : be strong by being principled -- Frank Sinatra : train to grow -- Bob Dylan : put the message across -- Elvis Presley : be daring and high energy -- Carlos Santana : unify -- The Beatles : use teamwork -- The Temptations : move together -- Luis Armstrong : be yourself.…”

Dvořák to Duke Ellington : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige."…”

American rhapsody : writers, musicians, movie stars, and one great building / by Pierpont, Claudia Roth

Table of Contents: “…Scott Fitzgerald -- Behind the Mask: Bert Williams and Stepin Fetchit -- Jazzbo: George Gershwin -- The Silver Spire: The Chrysler Building -- Tough Guy: Dashiell Hammett -- The Collector: Peggy Guggenheim -- Born For The Part: Katharine Hepburn -- The Player Kings: Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier -- Method Man: Marlon Brando -- Another Country: James Baldwin -- A Raised Voice: Nina Simone.…”