"Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin is the sixty-fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. After being awarded the Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress, Nelson recorded a set of pop standards written by George and Ira Gershwin. The recording of the album was produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings. It includes the duets ""Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"" with Cyndi Lauper and ""Embraceable You"" with Sheryl Crow. To select the songs for the album, Nelson was inspired by the Frank Sinatra recordings of Gershwin songs. Meanwhile, he decided to name the"
"(including Cafe Royal, on East 12th Street and Second Avenue). Metro Music, on Second Avenue in the District, published most of the Yiddish and Hebrew sheet music for the American market until they went out of business in the 1970s. The building at 31 East 7th Street in the District is owned by the Hebrew Actors Union, the first theatrical union in the US. The childhood home of composer and pianist George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershvin) and his brother lyricist Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz) was in the center of the Yiddish Theatre District, on the second floor at 91"
"Brooklyn's Snediker Avenue. On September 26, 1898, George was born as second son to Morris and Rose Bruskin Gershwine in their second-floor apartment on Brooklyn's Snediker Avenue. His birth certificate identifies him as Jacob Gershwine, with the surname pronounced 'Gersh-vin' in the Russian and Yiddish immigrant community. He had just one given name, contrary to the American practice of giving children both a first and middle name. He was named after his grandfather, a one time Russian army mechanic. He soon became known as George, and changed the spelling of his surname to 'Gershwin' about the time he became a"
"role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued, however, after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book ""Lyrics on Several Occasions"", an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song. Gershwin was born in New York City, the oldest of four children of Morris (Moishe) and Rose Gershovitz (née Rosa Bruskin), who were Russian Jews, born in St Petersburg, who had emigrated to"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"As the rehearsal period extended, Gershwin earned more money. He would later record Kern's ""The Land Where the Good Songs Go"", which was used in the revue, as a piano roll in January 1918. While working for the show, Gershwin and his brother Ira Gershwin befriended Herbert and Kern, keeping ""in contact with some of the major figures on Broadway"". Sunday night concerts held in New York City by the show's cast introduced Gershwin's ""There's More to a Kiss Than the Sound"" and ""You-oo, Just You"", both with lyrics by Irving Caesar. ""Gershwin had begun work on Broadway as a"
"and George teamed up to write the music for what became their first Broadway hit ""Lady, Be Good"". Once the brothers joined forces, their combined talents became one of the most influential forces in the history of American Musical Theatre. ""When the Gershwins teamed up to write songs for ""Lady, Be Good"", the American musical found its native idiom."" Together, they wrote the music for more than 12 shows and four films. Some of their more famous works include ""The Man I Love"", ""Fascinating Rhythm"", ""Someone to Watch Over Me"", ""I Got Rhythm"" and ""They Can't Take That Away from"
"""He used to say that 'Studying the piano turned a bad boy into a good boy.'"" At 15 Gershwin dropped out of school and went on to a Tin Pan Alley publishing company to promote other people's songs. By 20, he had his own breakout hit with ""Swanee"", recorded by Al Jolson, who had overheard Gershwin performing it at a party. Kogan, who is intrigued by Gershwin's creative process, points to a train ride that Gershwin and his lyricist brother Ira took when the composer was 25. They were traveling from New York to Boston for the tryout of a"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"George Gershwin. In 1935, Warburg married his second wife, Phyllis Baldwin. On September 6, 1948, he married his third wife, Joan Melber, a Congregationalist, in a Christian ceremony. They had four children: James P., Jr., Jennifer, Philip, and Sarah Bliumis Dunn. Warburg is also the grandfather of novelist Katharine Weber, daughter of Andrea. Under the pseudonym Paul James he wrote the lyrics to Swift's 1929 hit song ""Can't We Be Friends?"" and their 1930 musical, ""Fine and Dandy"", which introduced the song ""Fine and Dandy"". James Warburg James Paul Warburg (August 18, 1896 – June 3, 1969) was a German-born"
"Me"". Their partnership continued until George's sudden death from a brain tumor in 1937. Following his brother's death, Ira waited nearly three years before writing again. After this temporary retirement, Ira teamed up with accomplished composers such as Jerome Kern (""Cover Girl""); Kurt Weill (""Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Lady in the Dark""); and Harold Arlen (""""; ""A Star Is Born""). Over the next 14 years, Gershwin continued to write the lyrics for many film scores and a few Broadway shows. But the failure of ""Park Avenue"" in 1946 (a ""smart"" show about divorce, co-written with composer Arthur Schwartz)"
"Gershwin spent four years (1932–1936) studying with Schillinger. During this period, he composed ""Porgy and Bess"" and consulted Schillinger on matters concerning the opera, particularly its orchestration. There has been some disagreement about the nature of Schillinger's influence on Gershwin. After the posthumous success of ""Porgy and Bess"", Schillinger claimed he had a large and direct influence in overseeing the creation of the opera; George's brother Ira Gershwin completely denied that his brother had any such assistance for this work. A third account of Gershwin's musical relationship with his teacher was written by Gershwin's close friend Vernon Duke, also a"
"Second Rhapsody The Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is sometimes referred to by its original title, ""Rhapsody in Rivets"". The Second Rhapsody was seldom performed in the twentieth century, and only in recent years has critical and popular attention turned to the work. In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, was invited to go to Hollywood to provide the music for the film ""Delicious"". After completing work on most of the film's songs and ""The Melting Pot"" sequence, George began sketching music to"
"write the songs for his next show, ""Two Little Girls in Blue"", ultimately produced by Abraham Erlanger, along with co-composers Vincent Youmans and Paul Lannin. So as not to appear to trade off George's growing reputation, Ira wrote under the pseudonym ""Arthur Francis"", after his youngest two siblings. His lyrics were well received, allowing him successfully to enter the show-business world with just one show. Later the same year, the Gershwins collaborated for the first time on a score; this was for ""A Dangerous Maid"", which played in Atlantic City and on tour. It was not until 1924 that Ira"
"New York, in 1904, but divorced him in 1914. Gumble was a well known songwriter along with his brother, Albert, but is remembered today as the man who gave George Gershwin his first job plugging songs at Remick. According to the 1900 census, this well known marriage was preceded by a marriage to William A. Sims who served briefly as her manager. According to the ""New York Clipper"" she was granted a divorce from John Blanchard in early 1904. This was followed by her marriage to Gumble. Recent research into Pike County, Ohio census records indicate that Clarice's mother's name"
"example of an especially resilient composer, cited by Kogan, is that of George Gershwin. ""Part of what's fascinating about [him, says Kogan] is that he grew up in a home almost completely without music."" He and his siblings spent a lot of their time roaming the streets. ""George stole food from pushcarts, regularly engaged in fistfights, even set fires on occasion. He lost his virginity with a girl at age nine. He was a hyperactive kid who showed signs of conduct disorder."" But at age 10 or 11 Gershwin, while playing hooky from school classes, he chanced to overhear a"
"it is likely that Second Rhapsody will be an early release. Second Rhapsody The Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is sometimes referred to by its original title, ""Rhapsody in Rivets"". The Second Rhapsody was seldom performed in the twentieth century, and only in recent years has critical and popular attention turned to the work. In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, was invited to go to Hollywood to provide the music for the film ""Delicious"". After completing work on most of the film's"
"widow of legendary concert pianist-actor Oscar Levant, in 1977 he was introduced to Ira Gershwin, who hired him to catalogue his extensive collection of phonograph records. The assignment led to six years of researching, cataloguing and preserving the unpublished sheet music and rare recordings in Gershwin's home, thus securing the legacy of not just Ira but also that of his composer brother George Gershwin, who had died four decades earlier. Feinstein's extended tenure enabled him to also get to know Gershwin's next-door neighbor, singer Rosemary Clooney, with whom Feinstein formed an intensely close friendship lasting until Clooney's death. Feinstein served"
"Gershwin in the concert after he had collaborated with Gershwin in the ""Scandals of 1922"", impressed by the original performance of the one-act opera ""Blue Monday"", which was nevertheless a commercial failure. Gershwin declined on the grounds that, as there would certainly be need for revisions to the score, he would not have enough time to compose the new piece. Late on the evening of January 3, at the Ambassador Billiard Parlor at Broadway and 52nd Street in Manhattan, while George Gershwin and Buddy De Sylva were playing billiards, his brother Ira Gershwin was reading the January 4 edition of"
"William C. K. Irwin William C. K. Irwin, also known as William C. Irwin and Will Irwin (3 January 1907 – 23 October 1998), was an American pianist, conductor, and songwriter. Irwin was born in San Francisco, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. With the British composer Percy Grainger, Irwin studied composition before joining the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. The musical theatre composer Vernon Duke introduced Irwin to composer and songwriter George Gershwin in the 1920s. Irwin would subsequently join Gershwin and pianist Oscar Levant in piano improvisations at Gershwin's apartment. Irwin began a six-year professional relationship"
"and a love of Gilbert and Sullivan. He attended the City College of New York but dropped out. The childhood home of Ira and George Gershwin was in the center of the Yiddish Theater District, on the second floor at 91 Second Avenue, between East 5th Street and East 6th Street. They frequented the local Yiddish theaters. While George began composing and ""plugging"" in Tin Pan Alley from the age of 18, Ira worked as a cashier in his father's Turkish baths. It was not until 1921 that Ira became involved in the music business. Alex Aarons signed Ira to"
"number of Felder’s projects. Hershey Felder Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He created (as playwright, actor, and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the play ""George Gershwin Alone"", which was followed by the creation of the roles of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composer-pianist; Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in ""Beethoven""; Leonard Bernstein in ""Maestro Bernstein""; Franz Liszt in ""Musik""; Irving Berlin in ""Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin""; and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in ""Our Great Tchaikovsky"". ""The Composer Sonata"" comprises these works."
"fraternity. Hutcheson was also associated with the Chautauqua School of Music at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York State. Hutcheson provided a much needed refuge for George Gershwin at Chautauqua during the stressful period of composing and refining the Piano Concerto in F. Since Gershwin was already very famous as a successful writer of popular works and musical shows, he was constantly besieged by admirers. Further, he had never scored a large symphonic work (the earlier ""Rhapsody in Blue"" had been scored for jazz band by Gershwin, but was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé) and was under great stress from"
"""Faded Glory,"" released on Boardinghouse Records under the name of ""Dave Gershen & Jon Gershen."" Some work has been done on a follow-up to ""Faded Glory,"" but the project remains unfinished. In addition to working with his brother, Jon Gershen has produced a number of albums for other recording artists. Borderline (band) Borderline was an early-1970s band from Woodstock, New York, that fused elements of folk, rock, country and jazz. Consisting of brothers David Gershen (born 1947) and Jon Gershen (born 1950) as well as Jim Rooney (b. 1938), the trio recorded two albums, the second of which was not"
"number of hymns as well. For nearly thirty years, he ran a wholesale paper business in addition to composing. Nevin was also a historian and lecturer, and would sometimes give lectures on subjects related to music history to local historical societies. Some of these have survived in manuscript form. Nevin died in 1933. George Balch Nevin George Balch Nevin (March 15, 1859 – April 17, 1933) was an American composer and businessman. A member of the Nevin musical family, his cousins were the composers Ethelbert and Arthur Nevin; his son, Gordon Balch Nevin, also became a composer. Nevin was born"
"George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing . Her father, Lorenz Anderson, was an accomplished concert violinist and toured much of the mid-west at beginning of the 20th century with his classical trio. Lorenz fostered the love and study of music in his two daughters,and urged them to pursue professional acting and singing in New York City in 1945. Arlene moved there with her sister Betty and auditioned as a duet. They were exceptional singers and were constantly employed in the casts of major theatrical productions. Arlene worked with many luminaries of musical theater; Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Burton"
"George Liberace George Liberace (July 31, 1911 – October 16, 1983) was an American musician and television performer. Born in Menasha, Wisconsin, he was the elder brother and business partner of famed U.S. entertainer Liberace (Władziu Valentino Liberace or ""Lee"" to his friends). He appeared regularly on his brother's syndicated television show in the 1950s as violin accompanist and orchestral arranger. On occasions when he did not appear, Liberace would often say his catchphrase ""I wish my brother George was here"". In the 1960s and 1970s, his name was licensed to George Liberace Songsmiths, Inc., a mail-order music publishing operation"
"was admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles for observation. Tests showed no physical cause and he was released on the 26th with a diagnosis of ""likely hysteria"". His troubles with coordination and mental acuity worsened, though. On the night of July 9, 1937 Gershwin collapsed in Harburg's house, where he had been working on the score of ""The Goldwyn Follies"". He was rushed back to Cedars of Lebanon, and fell into a coma. Only then did his doctors think that he was suffering from a brain tumor. Leonore called George's close friend Emil Mosbacher and explained the"
"made a fortune in banking. Swift was Christian, and Warburg's parents had accepted their marriage, but an uncle by marriage Jacob Schiff objected to it. Warburg—using the pen name of Paul James—wrote lyrics for Swift's melodies, an extension of his poetry writing which was a family tradition. Swift had three children by Warburg between 1919 and 1924. She was grandmother to the novelist Katharine Weber. Before meeting George Gershwin in 1925, her musical background was classical, though she was a great fan of the songs of Irving Berlin. Gershwin—who had coined her nickname ""Kay""— encouraged her interest in popular music"
"and sailed steerage class on the SS ""King Alexander"" to New York. He underwent his immigrant inspection at Ellis Island; on the passenger list, the purser of the ""King Alexander"" recorded his name as ""Vladimir Doukelsky"" in the French fashion. It was in 1922 in New York that George Gershwin befriended the young immigrant; Gershwin (himself born Jacob Gershowitz) suggested Dukelsky truncate and Americanize his name. Dukelsky's first songs published under his nom de plume were conceived that year, but he continued to write classical music and Russian poetry under his given name until 1955. In 1924, the restless young"
"Primrose (musical) Primrose is a musical in three acts with a book by Guy Bolton and George Grossmith Jr., lyrics by Desmond Carter and Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. It centers on a writer whose story-within-a-story forms the basis of the plot. It was written expressly for the London stage, where it ran for 255 performances in 1924 and 1925. The musical played in Australia, but it was not performed in the United States until more than half a century after it was written. George Gershwin, at 25 years old, was an established songwriter by 1924 when Grossmith"
"1925, DeSylva became one third of the songwriting team with lyricist Lew Brown and composer Ray Henderson, one of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the era. The team was responsible for the song ""Magnolia"" (1927) which was popularized by Lou Gold's orchestra. The writing and publishing partnership continued until 1930, producing a string of hits and the perennial Broadway favorite ""Good News"". The popularity of this team was so great that Gershwin's mother supposedly chided her sons for not being able to write the sort of hits turned out by the trio. DeSylva joined ASCAP in 1920 and"
"Hershey Felder Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a pianist, actor, playwright, composer, producer, and director. He created (as playwright, actor, and pianist) the role of American composer George Gershwin for the theatrical stage in the play ""George Gershwin Alone"", which was followed by the creation of the roles of Fryderyk Chopin, the Polish composer-pianist; Ludwig van Beethoven and Gerhard von Breuning in ""Beethoven""; Leonard Bernstein in ""Maestro Bernstein""; Franz Liszt in ""Musik""; Irving Berlin in ""Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin""; and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in ""Our Great Tchaikovsky"". ""The Composer Sonata"" comprises these works. Felder also directed concert"