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Radio 4,25 Sep 1998,15 mins

George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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Composer George Gershwin's life and music is remembered for the centenary of his birth and a consideration of the history and post-Soviet boom in Russian immigration to New York.

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