George+and+Ira+Gershwin

=__**George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin**__= //George (left) and Ira Gershwin (Right)//

He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works, including more than a dozen Broadway shows, in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public. His compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone To Watch Over Me", and the opera //Porgy and Bess//.The success the brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. However, his mastery of songwriting continued after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern ("Long Ago (and Far Away)"), Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen.His critically acclaimed book //Lyrics on Several Occasions// of 1959, 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.
 * George Gershwin** (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known.
 * //Ira Gershwin//** (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricis who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

__**Awards and Honors**__ Gershwin, along with George S Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, was a recipient of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for //Of Thee I Sing.// The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award was established in 1988 by UCLA to honor the brothers for their contribution to music and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song "Strike Up the Band for UCLA". Past winners have included Angela Lansbury (1988), Ray Charles (1991), Mel Torme (1994), Bernadette Peters (1995), Frank Sinatra (2000), Stevie Wonder (2002), k.d. Lang (2003), James Taylor (2004), Babyface (2005), Burt Bacharach (2006), Quincy Jones (2007), Lionel Richie (2008) and Julie Andrews (2009). //George White's Sandals// (1920-1924) (featuring, at one point, the 1922 one-act opera //Blue Monday//) //Lady, Be Good// (1924) //Tip-Toes// (1925) //Tell Me More!// (1925) //Oh, Kay!// (1926 //Strike Up the Band// (1927) //Funny Face// (1927) //Rosalie// (1928) //Show Girl// (1929) //Girl Crazy// (1930) //Of Thee I Sing// (1931) //Pardon My English// (1933) //Let 'Em Eat Cake// (1933) //My One and Only// (1983) (an original 1983 musical using previously written Gershwin songs) //Crazy For You// (1992), a revised version of //Crazy Girl//, written and compiled without the participation of either George or Ira Gershwin.
 * __List of Plays__**
 * Broadway Musicals**

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 * London Musicals**
 * **//Primrose// (1924)

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