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George Gershwin

One of the pre-eminent stars of the classic American Songbook era, George Gershwin's music became an indelible part of Broadway and films even though he died of a brain tumour in 1937 aged 38. With his lyricist brother Ira Gershwin, he captured the energy of the Roaring Twenties with a mix of orchestral structure, Yiddish music hall, brash big bands and African-American rhythms. Growing up in New York's Yiddish Theater District, Gershwin had several music teachers including composers Charles Hambitzer and Rubin Goldmark and theorist Henry Cowell. He left school at 15 and found...