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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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I'd put Gershwin in the Broadway/popular category--he and brother Ira gave us standards like "Embraceable You," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Fascinating Rhythm," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "I Got Rhythm."