The Music in George's Head : George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (Hardcover)

from canderson15

This is a book about George Gershwin, and how he became a musician and how he established his own special sound in Jazz. This is a special look at how his Rhapsody in Blue was created. This book is a good example of literature, because of the way that the theme and main focus of the book are tran...

from nbmars

I was delighted to see this book for children on Gershwin, which is subtitled “George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue.” As the book begins, the author reports that Gershwin, even as a child, heard music in his head all the time in the streets of New York where he grew up. His mother bought a pi...

from MeganSchneider

The pictures only in this book kept you wanting to continue reading. It didn't take anything more than just having a piano in front of him to get him to play beautiful music. This eccentric musician did what he wanted and didn't care how others felt about it. He wanted to make a statement and kne...