George Gershwin
![Gershwin in 1937 by [[Carl Van Vechten]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/George_Gershwin_1937.jpg)
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 theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and with Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris, intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him, afraid that rigorous classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style; Maurice Ravel voiced similar objections when Gershwin inquired about studying with him. He subsequently composed ''An American in Paris'', returned to New York City and wrote ''Porgy and Bess'' with Ira and DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, it came to be considered one of the most important American operas of the 20th century and an American cultural classic.
Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937, only 38 years old, of a brain tumor. His compositions have been adapted for use in film and television, with many becoming jazz standards. Provided by Wikipedia
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7by Buell, Donald, Green, Jon, Laing, Peter J., Stamp, Jack, White, Heather, Barnes, James, 1949-, Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937Get access
Published 1998
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16by Bendzsa, Paul, Gallaher, Chris, Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, Coltrane, John, 1926-19, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Gershwin, Ira, 1896-, Mantooth, Frank, Niehaus, Lennie, Rollins, Sonny, Beckenstein, Jay, Nestico, Sammy, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974Get access
Published 1997
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17by Medri, Vivienne, Dawe, Angela, Steeves, Timothy, Hayward, Angela, Hayward, Jason, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, Morel, Fran�ois, 1926-, Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937Get access
Published 1998
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Published 2000
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19by Brazil, Ginette, Morrissey, Karen, Martin, Ross, Meaney, Elizabeth, King, Gordon, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Bart�k, B�la, 1881-1945, Chopin, Fr�d�ric, 1810-1849, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918, Musgrave, Thea, Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856, Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974Get access
Published 1996
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Published 1994
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