Gershwin, George

A twentieth-century American composer known for putting elements of jazz into the forms of classical music , such as the concerto . His works include Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris , and the music to the opera Porgy and Bess. Together with his brother, Ira Gershwin, he wrote many popular musical comedies .

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So Ira Gershwin wrote in the opening lyric of “Of Thee I Sing,” the satiric Gershwin–George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind show from 1931 which, the following year, became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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The 1933 Model A Steinway was donated to the school in 2013 by Marc Gershwin, George’s nephew.

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Among the pieces that will be performed Friday are several Porter wrote for Frances Gershwin, a singer who was an original review cast member and younger sister of Ira and George Gershwin; George Gershwin, in Paris when the review was performed, composing An American in Paris, accompanied his sister at the review’s opening night.

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I had lunch with a fellow called Leopold Godowsky, who is the son of Frances Gershwin, George Gershwin’s sister.

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Ira Gershwin, George’s brother, who co-wrote the lyrics with DuBose Heyward, revised the line.

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