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noun - United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)
noun - United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
GERSHWIN - George Jacob Gershwin (; September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and c...
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| Balanchine was a friend of this composer whose fascinatin' rhythms inspired the ballet "Who Cares?" |
| This "Rhapsody In Blue" composer was just 38 when he died in 1937 following brain surgery |
| Last name of the brothers whose "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize |
| The piece heard here was written in less than 3 weeks by this composer |
| After his "Rhapsody In Blue", this American composer gave us a "Second Rhapsody" |
| Joe is a gambler in his early opera "Blue Monday"; Sportin' Life is a gambler in his later "Porgy and Bess" |
| A love triangle turns tragic in "Blue Monday", a Harlem-set jazz opera by this man of "Porgy & Bess" fame |
| Per the estate, English-speaking countries may only produce this composer's "Porgy and Bess" with a Black cast |
| You know George & Ira, but maybe not their other brother & composer, Arthur this |
| Robert Alda in "Rhapsody in Blue"(1945) |
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George Jacob Gershwin (; September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), as well as the contemporary opera Porgy and Bess (1935). * Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger, but soon started composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, who refused him, where he subsequently composed An American in Paris. After returning to New York City, he wrote Porgy and Bess, with Ira, and the author DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, Porgy and Bess later went on to be considered one of the most important American operas of the Twen |