Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Towards a New Reading of Gershwin -- PART I: ANALYSIS AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES -- 2 "Rotating" Porgy and Bess -- 3 Gershwin's Operetta Overtures: Medley or Composition? -- 4 Nice Work: Thoughts and Observations on Gershwin's Last Songs -- 5 Musings on "Nice Gershwin Tunes," Form, and Harmony in the Concert Music of Gershwin -- 6 Gershwin's Blue Monday (1922) and the Promise of Success -- PART II: RECEPTION -- 7 Rhapsody in Blue: A Study in Hollywood Hagiography -- 8 Gershwin on the Cover of Rolling Stone -- 9 George Gershwin and Jazz -- PART III: PERFORMANCE PRACTICE -- 10 Tracing Gershwin's Piano Rolls -- 11 George Gershwin's Piano Rollography -- 12 What about Ira? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.