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DC -- Library of Congress -- Exhibit: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin:

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Description of Pictures: Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin
December 11, 2008–Ongoing
Experience the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s in this permanent tribute to the brothers who helped provide a musical background to the period. The exhibition contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos, personal and business correspondence, photographs, paintings, and drawings, all from the Gershwin Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress, the world's preeminent resource for materials about the Gershwins.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LOCGER_090216_001.JPG: "Here To Stay" The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin: In time the Rockies may crumble, and Gibraltar may tumble, but the music of composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist-brother Ira (1896-1983) is clearly here to stay. The mention of their names conjures images of Scott Fitzgerald's Gatsby, Florenz Ziegfeld's Follies, Jazz Age nightclubs, and Manhattan skyline, and Art Deco interiors. Evoking the glamour and sophistication of the 1920s and 1930s, Gershwin compositions continue to be heard in concert halls, theaters, opera houses, and cabarets around the world. Their songs have become so much a part of the fabric of the national culture that few Americans do not know them. Moreover, the Gershwins' lives continue to be exploited in scholarly and popular studies. The Gershwins left manuscript scores and lyric sheets, printed works, correspondence, photographs, film, and sound recordings that detail their work and their lives. Gifts of these materials to the Library of congress from Ira and his wife, Leonore Strunsky Gershwin (1900-1991), as well as from the Gershwins' mother, Rose (ca. 1876-1948), Gershwin siblings Arthur (1900-1981) and Frances (b. 1906), and other family members and friends have created the world's preeminent collection of original Gershwin documents. Selected items from the Gershwin Collection, which is housed in the Library's Music Division, are exhibited in this room.
2. LOCGER_090216_006.JPG: The Gershwin Collection at the Library of Congress is the world's preeminent resource for the documentary legacy of George and Ira Gershwin. It contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into the brothers' careers and personalities, from manuscript and printed music, lyric sheets and librettos to photographs, scrapbooks and royalty statements. The Gershwin Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened earlier this year, is a permanent tribute to the Gershwins and their work. Highlights of the current exhibition, "Here to Stay: The Legacy of George and Ira Gershwin," are George Gershwin's piano, self-portraits of both brothers, their Congressional Gold Medals, and original manuscripts from Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess, and other Gershwin stage and screen shows such as Lady Be Good, Funny Face, Girl Crazy and Of Thee I Sing. The above is from http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/1998/98-153.html
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