His name, George Gershwin, conjures memories and nostalgic imaginings of the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, flappers, musicals tumbling forth in glorious profusion from his creative, fertile imagination. Gershwin represented all this, of course, and so much more: his serious compositions, which confounded the

After passing by a penny arcade and discovering a mechanical piano, George would go to homes of friends who had pianos and secretly tap out the popular tunes of the day. Ira was going to study the piano when the instrument was brought into the family home, but it was George who took the immediate interest in it and immediately began to successfully play by ear. As soon as it was moved in George sat down and began to play. The family was flabbergasted! They had no idea he was interested in music or where he learned how to play the piano. George’s parents immediately sought a teacher for him. They found a lady by the name of Ms .Green from the neighborhood who, for fifty cents an hour, taught him all of his scales, modes, and general music theory. After exhausting the abilities of Ms. Green, his parents moved George on to a gentleman by the name of Mr. Goldberg who, for one dollar and fifty cents an hour, had him progress to musical works such as opera overtures and arias. When his skill was matched to his teacher’s, he was introduced to Charles Hambutzer who taught him proper techniques, lyricism, harmony and most importantly opened up the worlds of Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and Schoenberg. Under Hambutzer’s guidance, Gershwin was faithful to his practicing and musical studies an

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