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  • Ira Gershwin
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  • City College of New York alumni
  • 1983 deaths
  • George Gershwin
  • 1896 births
  • American Theater Hall of Fame inductees
  • American musical theatre librettists
  • American musical theatre lyricists
  • Burials at Westchester Hills Cemetery
  • Congressional Gold Medal recipients
  • Jewish American songwriters
  • People from Beverly Hills, California
  • People from New York City
  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners
  • Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
  • Townsend Harris High School alumni
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  • American lyricist (born December 6, 1896 in New York City, New York (USA), died August 17, 1983 in Beverly Hills, California (USA).The older brother of George Gershwin and a close friend of E.Y. Harburg. The two worked together writing lyrics. Ira started his career in 1918 under the pen name of Arthur Francis. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George began a collaboration that would prove one of the most successful and prolific in history.Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.
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  • Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as %22I Got Rhythm%22, %22Embraceable You%22, %22The Man I Love%22 and %22Someone to Watch Over Me%22. He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's 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 (%22Long Ago (and Far Away)%22), 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.
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  • 1896-12-06
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  • 1983-08-17
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  • Ira Gershwin
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  • RCA Records
  • Decca Records
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  • Pop
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