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Escreveu a maioria de seus trabalhos vocais e teatrais em colaboração com seu irmão mais velho, o letrista Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin compôs tanto para a Broadway quanto para concertos clássicos. Ele também escreveu músicas populares de grande sucesso.
George and Ira Gershwin will always be remembered as the songwriting team whose voice was synonymous with the sounds and style of the Jazz Age. By the time of their 1924 Broadway hit, LADY, BE GOOD!, George had worked with lyricist Buddy DeSylva on a series of revues, GEORGE WHITE’S SCANDALS, while Ira enjoyed success with composer Vincent ...
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century.
Ira Gershwin (Nova Iorque, 6 de dezembro de 1896 — Beverly Hills, 17 de agosto de 1983) foi um letrista norte-americano que colaborou com seu irmão mais novo, o compositor George Gershwin, para criar algumas das canções mais memoráveis da língua inglesa do século XX.
George and Ira Gershwin. Composer and lyricist. For the Record … Piano for Ira Went to George. Ira Discovered Wordplay Early. Rhapsody in Blue. Extraordinary Ability and Creativity. Collaboration Began in Earnest. Pulitzer Prize. Tragedy Ended Partnership. Music Endures. Selected scores. Sources.
8 de fev. de 2022 · Ira Gershwin publicou a obra vários anos após a morte de George, e ela se tornou uma das favoritas de quartetos de cordas e orquestras sinfônicas, para as quais foi posteriormente adaptada. Durante os anos seguintes, Gershwin contribuiu com canções para vários shows da Broadway.
George Gershwin, born in 1896 and his brother Ira, born in 1898 are two of the most influential figures in the history of the Great American Songbook. While successful individually, it was their first musical together, 1924’s LADY BE GOOD which saw the Gershwin brothers popularity skyrocket.
