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George Gershwin

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Noun1.George Gershwin - United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)George Gershwin - United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)


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George Gershwin was, of course, one of the greatest popular song writers of the last century.
That was also the year I was taken to the Forum cinema to see Rhapsody in Blue, the George Gershwin biopic starring Robert Alda (Alan's dad), and with the great Oscar Levant playing the Concerto in F and the Rhapsody, which hooked me into that school of music.
At the heart of it was his love for George Gershwin, a composer he says sums up for him the music of the 20th century.
 
 
 
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