https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries Gershwin was already a youthful celebrity when his “Rhapsody in Blue” brought him blazing success. However, his restless imagination and boundless creativity drove him to continue dreaming up new ways to fuse his Jewish, jazz, and classical roots, ignoring both snobbery and bigotry on the way. In addition to major musical productions with his […]

https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries DuBose Heyward’s novel “Porgy” inspired Gershwin to compose what he felt profoundly to be his finest achievement, consuming him to near exhaustion right up to its opening in 1935. Since then “Porgy and Bess” has taken its place as a beloved and revered opera on the world’s great stages, occupying a unique role in […]