George Gershwin

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Already a veteran of Tin Pan Alley & Broadway, in 1932 he premiered his own "Second Rhapsody", Serge Koussevitzky conducting George Gershwin $800 J COMPOSERS 2023-05-24 #19
Per the estate, English-speaking countries may only produce this composer's "Porgy and Bess" with a Black cast Gershwin $1,200 DJ COMPOSERS 2021-11-15 #8511
Robert Alda in "Rhapsody in Blue"(1945) Gershwin $400 DJ THE COMPOSER PORTRAYED 2017-07-20 #7579
In 1918 he teamed with older brother Ira for the first time, a collaboration that lasted until his death in 1937 George Gershwin $800 DJ COMPOSERS 2014-04-17 #6819
The piece heardherewas written in less than 3 weeks by this composer Gershwin $1,200 DJ AMERICAN COMPOSERS 2013-09-18 #6668
This "Rhapsody In Blue" composer was just 38 when he died in 1937 following brain surgery Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 2012-12-13 #6499
On trips in the 1920s, he was an American in Paris, & he gave that title to his 1928 orchestral work (George) Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 2007-05-25 #5240
Rachmaninoff & Heifetz watched Paul Whiteman conduct the 1924 premiere of a milestone work by this composer Gershwin FJ AMERICAN COMPOSERS 2002-02-01 #4015
(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 George Gershwin $200 J COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS 2001-02-21 #3798
This American wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924 & "Second Rhapsody" in 1931 George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1997-05-09 #2935
"Lady, Be Good!" was the first show he wrote in full collaboration with his brother Ira George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1997-01-21 #2857
Sadly, he died of a brain tumor less than 2 years after the premiere of his opera "Porgy and Bess" George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1996-02-26 #2651
With his brother Ira, he wrote the songs for the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize (George) Gershwin $200 J COMPOSERS 1995-12-19 #2602
He was born Jacob Gershvin in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1898 George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1995-03-28 #2442
Before writing the score for "Porgy and Bess", he lived in South Carolina to get the right feel for it George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1994-06-03 #2260
The 1945 film "Rhapsody in Blue" is a biography of this composer (George) Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-12-28 #2147
Ferde Grofe did the original orchestration of his "Rhapsody In Blue" Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-12-20 #2141
Walter Damrosch conducted the New York Philharmonic in the premiere of his "An American in Paris" Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-09-21 #2077
He composed his "Second Rhapsody" in 1931; it didn't have a color in its title Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-05-04 #2007
Beginning with the show "Lady, Be Good!", the lyrics to nearly all his songs were written by his brother Ira George Gershwin $200 DJ AMERICAN COMPOSERS 1993-01-11 #1926
Born in Brooklyn in 1898, his real name was Jacob Gershwin George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1992-07-06 #1826
A trip to Europe inspired his 1928 piece "An American in Paris" George Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1992-02-27 #1734
His exclamatory musicals are "Oh, Kay!" & "Lady, Be Good!" George Gershwin DD $2,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1991-05-20 #1561
The lyrics to many of his songs were written by his brother Ira George Gershwin $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1990-10-16 #1407
He composed "An American in Paris" in Paris, but the first performance of it was held at Carnegie Hall Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1990-02-07 #1258
His brother Ira provided the lyrics for many of his songs George Gershwin $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1988-05-30 #876
It took only 3 weeks for him to compose "Rhapsody In Blue" George Gershwin $600 DJ COMPOSERS 1985-05-07 #172
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