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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal an theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed songs both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success.

Trivia about george gershwin

  • "Fantasia 2000" presents the Jazz Age with this composer's "Rhapsody in Blue"
  • He composed a 1-act jazz opera called "Blue Monday" 13 years before "Porgy & Bess"
  • This American wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924 & "Second Rhapsody" in 1931
  • (Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) I'm passionately involved in maintaining the legacy of this great cmposer of whose many great songs, one goes like this
  • Sadly, "Porgy and Bess" was the only full-length opera this composer wrote; he passed away in 1937, at age 38
  • "Embraceable You":Ira Gershwin & ____
  • In 1928 this American wrote his tone poem "An American in Paris"
  • This composer's "Porgy And Bess" is perhaps the most popular opera ever written by an American
  • "Lady, Be Good!" was the first show he wrote in full collaboration with his brother Ira
  • He wrote "Rhapsody In Blue" for jazz conductor Paul Whiteman's orchestra
  • He worked on his "An American in Paris" while staying with brother Ira at Paris' Hotel Majestic
  • To research the opera, this composer spent weeks among the Gullah people on an island off the Carolina coast
  • He's the innovative New Yorker whose 1924 composition is heard here("Rhapsody in Blue")
  • The 1945 film "Rhapsody in Blue" introduced Alan Alda's dad Robert Alda as this composer
  • This American composed most of "An American In Paris" in Paris
  • "An American Rhapsody" is a biography of this American composer
  • In 1998 he was awarded posthumously a special Pulitzer Prize; his brother Ira won a Pulitzer in 1932
  • In 1919 this composer wrote his first successful popular song, "Swanee"
  • "Rhapsody in Blue", a piece by this composer, was used as the title of a 1945 movie biography of him
  • This composer's political satire "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize
  • 1931:"Second Rhapsody"

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