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Gershwin

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1. Gershwin - Noun

2. Gershwin - Proper noun

Meaning

United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)

United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)

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It would have been better if you had died and Gershwin had written the elegy. Oscar Levant

It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and I'm through. Oscar Levant

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. Ethel Merman

The Gershwin legacy is extraordinary because George Gershwin died in 1937, but his music is as fresh and vital today as when he originally created it. Michael Feinstein

He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase. Michael Feinstein

I can't actually play any instrument properly. I can't read music. And here's the New York Times calling me the new George Gershwin. It was so ridiculous, really embarrassing. It was embarrassing to watch these people fall into the trap of their own critical conceits. Elvis Costello

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