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Gershwin, George
- A twentieth-century American composer known for putting elements of jazz into the forms of classical music , such as the concerto . His works include , An American in Paris , and the music to the opera . Together with his brother, Ira Gershwin, he wrote many popular musical comedies .
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You write of George Gershwin, “A lot of his popularity came because he was white.”
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Can she interpret the works of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Cole Porter with plausibility?
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Cole Porter and George Gershwin, Frank Loesser and Burton Lane!
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