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Music β€Ί Composers β€Ί Gershwin

George Gershwin

1898 to 1937. A composer and pianist from New York.

Three facts about Gershwin

  1. His parents bought a piano for George's big brother, Ira. But George was the one who played it!
  2. Rhapsody in Blue starts with a clarinet sliding way up high. Gershwin wrote it in about five weeks.
  3. For An American in Paris, Gershwin bought real taxi horns in Paris. They honk in the music!

Gershwin’s famous music

Rhapsody in Blue (1924). Hear it on Peabody: β€œI Got Rhythm” on the Old Hits station.

Where Gershwin lived

Gershwin did their best-known work in New York City, in United States. 🌍 Fly there on the globe

Can you remember?

What honks in An American in Paris?

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