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5 days ago · Gershwin is known as a major jazz innovator, and Amy C. Baumgartner writes that “in the transitory period following [World War I], it was George Gershwin who paved the way for jazz to become America’s only indigenous music.” However, Gershwin himself was reluctant to use the term “jazz” in conjunction with his music.
Label. Victor 20331. Composer (s) George Gershwin. Lyricist (s) Ira Gershwin, Howard Dietz. " Someone to Watch Over Me " is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. [5] It was written for the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English ...
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A sampling from "He Loves and She Loves: The Gershwin Music We Love", from Amy Alvarez and Jefferson Turner
May 24, 2005 · Gershwin and Amy Beach We take you into the East Conference Room at the Supreme Court in downtown Washington, D.C., to hear two pieces of American music. Every year in May, the justices invite ...
George Gershwin. George Gershwin ( / ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs ...
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"They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.
