Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!fortune!norskog From: norskog@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: 20th Century Classical Composers - (nf) Message-ID: <2594@fortune.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 19:19:28 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.2594 Posted: Tue Feb 21 19:19:28 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 07:04:17 EST Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 16 #N:fortune:7200014:000:587 fortune!norskog Feb 21 16:05:00 1984 [Man proposes, news disposes] You folks haven't mentioned my favorite 20th century classical composer: George Gershwin. I spent a whole damn year learning the piano part of the "Rhapsody In Blue", a concerto for piano & orchestra. When I was 17 and could play up a storm Gershwin's stuff was a revelation, and I still enjoy playing it more than anything else. He died at age 38 (brain cancer) and didn't leave much serious stuff behind. Lance C. Norskog Fortune Systems, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA {cbosgd,hpda,harpo,sri-unix,amd70,decvax!ihnp4,allegra}!fortune!norskog