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In Lady, Be Good!, and a string of Jazz-Age musicals that followed in its wake, Ira Gershwin set that language—its terms like “crush” and “mush,” phrases such as “It's all bananas,” and even “'s wonderful” way of clipping syllables from words—to his brother's music. The shows that provided the Gershwin brothers the opportunity to work their alchemy were produced by Alex ...
Ira Gershwin, the first songwriter to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was born in New York City on December 6, 1896. In 1917 The Evening Sun published his first song ("You May Throw All The Rice ...
Ira Gershwin, ursprungligen Israel Gershowitz, född 6 december 1896 på Manhattan i New York, död 17 augusti 1983 i Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk författare till främst sångtexter, även verksam som kompositör. Han var bror till kompositören George Gershwin.
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. From 1924 until George’s untimely death in 1937 ...
15 de nov. de 2011 · November 15, 2011 • George and Ira Gershwin wrote some of their best songs for movies — one of which, 1937's A Damsel in Distress, has just been issued by Warner Archives. Critic Lloyd ...
Życiorys. Ira Gershwin (właśc. Israel Gershowitz) urodził się w Nowym Jorku.Jego rodzicami byli Morris Gershowitz i Rosa Bruskin, żydowscy emigranci z Rosji.W latach 1914–16 studiował w City College of New York.W 1926 Ira Gershwin poślubił Leonore Strunsky.. Razem z autorem powieści Porgy Edwinem DuBose Heywardem pracował nad librettem do opery z muzyką swojego brata Porgy and ...
Ira Gershwin. Ira Gershwin, nom artístic d' Israel Gershowitz ( Nova York, 6 de desembre de 1896 - Beverly Hills, Califòrnia, 17 d'agost de 1983) va ser un lletrista estatunidenc que va col·laborar amb el seu germà menor, el compositor George Gershwin, per crear algunes de les cançons més memorables del segle 20. [1]
