Classical Music: The Stories

'Bess you is my woman now' from Porgy and Bess - G. Gershwin

Classical Music: The Stories

Show Notes

On a completely different note (and tone and genre), Carl looks at American Composer George Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess'.

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