Gershwin started life in the music business as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, becoming a fine pianist into the bargain. Donald Macleod looks at the songs that established his reputation.
Gershwin started life in the music business as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, becoming a fine pianist into the bargain. Donald Macleod looks at the songs that established his reputation as a composer of popular songs and the work with which he crossed the threshold of the concert hall for the first time.
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- Mon 20 Nov 200612:00BBC Radio 3
- Mon 27 Nov 200600:00BBC Radio 3
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