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Ira Gershwin
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Composer (Music Score), Featured Music, From Musical by, Songwriter Born: December 6, 1896 in New York City, NY Death: August 17, 1983 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Lyricist Ira Gershwin was known far and wide as one of the kindest and best-adjusted men in the music industry. It is now part of American folklore that the Gershwin boys' mother bought a piano so that Ira could take lessons, only to discover that it was George who had "the gift." Ira suppressed his own artistic aspirations while helping out in his father's many business ventures; but while attending CCNY, the older Gershwin brother began composing witty comic poems for the school newspaper. He began writing song lyrics in 1918, using the alias Arthur Francis. The first Broadway show on which Ira Gershwin used his real name was significantly titled "Be Yourself". With the 1924 musical comedy "Lady Be Good", Ira began writing lyrics for George's melodies; this felicitous fraternal teaming resulted in one hit after another, as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Of Thee I Sing" (1931). The Gershwin... Full Biography
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