Definitions

1. Ira Gershwin was a joyous listener to the sounds of the modern world. (Web site)
2. Ira Gershwin was the first lyricist to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize, for Of Thee I Sing, (1932), with his brother George. (Web site)
3. Ira Gershwin was a retiring person by nature and shunned the limelight. (Web site)
4. Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz) was reportedly shy as a young boy and spent most of his time at home reading. (Web site)
5. Lyricist Ira Gershwin was known far and wide as one of the kindest and best-adjusted men in the music industry.

Brother George Gershwin

1. Ira Gershwin began his career writing lyrics for his brother George Gershwin.

Words

1. Some of the tunes were composed by the late George Gershwin to which lyricists Kay Swift and Ira Gershwin added new words. (Web site)

Name

1. The first Broadway show on which Ira Gershwin used his real name was significantly titled Be Yourself.

Works

1. The Warner Brothers film Rhapsody in Blue (1945), though not totally accurate, is a tribute to the works of George and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)
2. George made most of his works with his lyricist brother Ira Gershwin. (Web site)

Elder Brother

1. And he had won the friendship of Vernon Duke and the undying devotion of his elder brother, Ira Gershwin.

Wife

1. Ira Gershwin along with his wife and sister accompanied George Gershwin on a European holiday in 1928. (Web site)

George

1. Containing well over 100 songs from George and Ira Gershwin, this is an invaluable resource for all musicians and fans of the Gershwin legacy. (Web site)
2. When George and Ira Gershwin mounted their 1930 Broadway musical Strike Up the Band, they turned to Red Nichols to put their orchestra together.
3. Leopold Junior had met an attractive, lively singer named Frances ('Frankie'), the sister of George and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)

Brother George

1. The concerts will include songs penned by Ira Gershwin after the untimely death of his brother George.

Lyricist

1. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin.
2. The Gershwin Theatre was named in honor of one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin, and his brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin.
3. Ira Gershwin had by then dropped his pseudonym and emerged as an accomplished lyricist in his own right. (Web site)

Writing

1. The most literate and word-loving of our great lyricists, Ira Gershwin described his writing as "simple, colloquial, rhymed conversational lines". (Web site)
2. Ira Gershwin continued writing until the last year of his life, rewriting lyrics for Gershwin tunes used in the musical My One and Only (1983).

Johnny Mercer

1. Furia later wrote full biographies of Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer that are more complete. (Web site)

Harburg

1. The list of lyricists Duke worked with is impressive and includes Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, and Howard Dietz. (Web site)

Musical Comedy

1. Ira Gershwin emerged as a master of musical comedy during the 1920s and 1930s, when vaudeville was golden. (Web site)

Follies

1. After his death in July 1937, Ira Gershwin completed the final song for Follies in collaboration with Duke. (Web site)

Brother

1. Most of his songs were written to words by his brother Ira Gershwin.
2. George made most of his works with his brother Ira Gershwin, a lyricist. (Web site)
3. After Gershwin's 1937 death, brother Ira Gershwin collaborated with Swift to complete and arrange some of his unpublished works.

Broadway

1. Because his younger brother George Gershwin had already made a name for himself on Broadway, Ira Gershwin took the pseudonym Arthur Francis. (Web site)
2. The first collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin to reach Broadway, the Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley production brought them instant fame as a team. (Web site)

Kaufman

1. Being an award for writing, the prize was awarded to George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryakind and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)

Book

1. With lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Moss Hart, the show runs for 545 performances.
2. Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. (Web site)

Funny

1. Funny Face is an American musical film released in 1957, with assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)
2. Funny Face is an American musical film released in 1957, based on the 1927 broadway version by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Song

1. Ethel Merman had officially stopped the show when she sang the song in the October 14, 1930 debut of the musical Girl Crazy by George and Ira Gershwin.
2. George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin wrote this song in 1926 for the stage production of "Oh, Kay" starring Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Moore.
3. The song was originally a nonsense poem which Ira Gershwin had published in a college newspaper under the name "Arthur Francis" in his student days.

Songs

1. She had already been engaged for Girl Crazy, a musical with songs by George and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)
2. Pairing up with talented lyricists, such as Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein 11 and Dorothy Fields provided the perfect lyrics for each of his songs. (Web site)
3. Heyward provided the lyrics for songs in the first act of the new show and collaborated with Ira Gershwin, George"s brother, on the remaining two acts. (Web site)

George Gershwin

1. Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward wrote the lyrics for the songs composed by George Gershwin.
2. Ira Gershwin and Heyward wrote the lyrics for the songs composed by George Gershwin. (Web site)
3. Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith.

Music

1. My One and Only is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer and music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin.
2. The music of George and Ira Gershwin runs deep in the American consciousness. (Web site)
3. There have been many such famous song-writing teams, such as George Gershwin (music) and his brother Ira Gershwin (lyrics). (Web site)

Musical Film

1. Funny Face is the musical film of the 1927 Broadway musical by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

Cole Porter

1. Furia offers a unique new perspective on great songwriters such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and others. (Web site)
2. On her famous "songbook" series with Granz, Fitzgerald sang the songs of Americans such as Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin.

Jerome Kern

1. The music was written by Jerome Kern, and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin. (Web site)
2. Several dance routines performed by Danny and Rusty includes songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin. (Web site)

Librettos

1. Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) captivated audiences worldwide during the 1920s and 1930s with his provocative lyrics and librettos. (Web site)

Libretto

1. It was a happy collaboration as DuBose Heyward wrote the libretto, and Ira Gershwin and Heyward wrote the lyrics.

Gershwins

1. When the Gershwins purchased a piano for his older brother, Ira Gershwin, it was George, then twelve, who monopolized it. (Web site)

Gershwin

1. Gershwin arranged an evening for Duncan with Ira Gershwin and his wife, the Theater Guild board, and prospective backers. (Web site)
2. For his third outing, Short turns to Gershwin, and in this case that name refers both to composer George Gershwin and his lyricist brother Ira Gershwin.

Lyricists

1. He has collaborated with some of the best known lyricists ever, including Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, and E.Y. Harburg. (Web site)
2. Kern worked with many, lyricists during his 40-year stage and screen career, among them Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. (Web site)

Lyrics

1. Tip-Toes is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin.
2. Strike Up the Band is a musical with a book by Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin.
3. Girl Crazy is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. (Web site)

Porgy

1. Synopsis of the opera with libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin and score by George Gershwin, based on Heyward's play and novel, Porgy.
2. Porgy and Bess, a new production of the opera by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, adapted as a musical and directed by Trevor Nunn.
3. George and Ira Gershwin, along with DuBose Heyward, based the libretto of their opera version, Porgy and Bess, not on the original novel, but on the play. (Web site)

Ira Gershwin

1. Porgy and Bess is an opera with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Heyward. (Web site)
2. Girl Crazy is a theater musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan.
3. Oh, Kay! is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. (Web site)

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