The+Official+Page+of+George+and+Ira+Gershwin


 * Title and URL of the Web Page**
 * The Official Website of George & Ira Gershwin
 * www.gershwin.com


 * Authority**
 * This site is a <.com> site. This seems to have been produced as a website for fans of the Gershwins, or for people interested in learning about the Gershwins.
 * The author of this site isn’t mentioned by name, but the site is attributed to Gershwin Enterprises.
 * There’s no real mention of who Gershwin Enterprises is, so it’s hard to judge the accuracy of their credentials.


 * Instructional Content**
 * This site provides its viewers with several categories of information:
 * Prosaic description of the brothers’ history
 * Prosaic description of each individual brother
 * A timeline
 * A film anthology
 * A show anthology
 * A sampling of recordings of their compositions
 * A schedule of Gershwin performances across the nation
 * A biography
 * The sources of this site are well documented and appear to be reliable sources.
 * National Standards:
 * Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
 * Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
 * This site doesn’t seem to have been updated in quite a while. The latest date is 2004


 * Purpose, Viewpoint**
 * This page was created to provide the public with information on the Gershwin brothers
 * This page doesn’t seem to have any sponsors. Since an enterprise is the administrator of the page, it would seem that it wouldn’t need a sponsor.
 * The author isn’t trying to portray any particular viewpoint; the website is simply a resource.
 * There is no bias evident in this page. The goal is to provide information on the Gershwin brothers for the public’s use.


 * Reputation**
 * There are no links to this site from anywhere but people’s personal pages.
 * It’s hard to verify the reputation of these personal pages, especially when they only contain a link as a topic secondary to the content of the page.


 * Overall Evaluation**
 * Overall I think that this site is a great resource for everybody – musicians and non-musicians alike. It is a very comprehensive database of composition and life histories of both brothers. As such, it provides a good reference source for those wishing to learn more about the Gershwin brothers.
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 * Reviewer**
 * Colin Milne. Last Updated: 04/07/2006