George Gershwin Photo: Public Domain
As Rachel Hyde describes, Gershwin taught himself piano in the beginning:
"George soon be-friended one of his street companions whose family owned a piano. Two years later, in 1910, Gershwin’s mother had a piano delivered through the window of their second floor apartment to improve his brother Ira’s studies. Ira observed the process in some trepidation as he knew that he wasn’t up to his mother’s expectations.
But George jumped to his rescue. No sooner had the piano hit the floor than George sat down and played a popular tune of the day. Ira remembered being ‘particularly impressed by his left hand’. Not a single member of George’s family had any idea that he could play."
Music Details:
GERSHWIN They can't Take that away from me - Verve 8258 373
GERSHWIN Prelude No 3 - Naxos Nostalgia 8.120510
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue - Musicole MD3-004
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue - RNZ 060331
GERSHWIN Fascinating Rhythm - Verve 825 024
GERSHWIN Summertime - RCA Victor GD 85234
GERSHWIN Summertime - CBS 63392
GERSHWIN Summertime - Mai Music WBCD 003
GERSHWIN I Loves you Porgy - MCA Records 256 191
GERSHWIN Embraceable You - Verve 825 024
GERSHWIN I Got Rhythm - Rhino R2 78323
