The lurid sexual desires that sent Gershwin into Rhapsodies: 100 years after our greatest composer's finest work... how he reveled in being tied up and whipped, smeared himself in chocolate, and lost his virginity age 9 - before descending into madness

Seated behind his Steinway, Gershwin penned some of the world's most beloved songs. His performances while being flogged by his married lover were something else entirely.

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