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Originally Posted by skinmaan
The biggest reason Gershwin isn't included in most compilations like this is that most (if not all, I'm not sure) of his work still has copyright protection. Also, over the years there has been debate whether Gershwin's music categorizes as Classical or Jazz. That seems to have died away and I suspect that by the time his music is in the public domain it will be remembered as classical, if for no other reason that most people think of classical music as "really old music."
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That's depressing. In a few years, people will be considering me a classic. ha
Thanks for the information. Of course, I should have thought about the copyright protection. However, I wouldn't have been sure about the years that he did his compositions; it seems like in was in the early 1900's--maybe the 10's, 20's, and early 30's. It's been a long time that I read, as a child, that book about him.