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True or False: George Gershwin was an only child.
False
George Gershwin was born to Jewish immigrants from:
Poland
Lithuania
New Jersey
Russia
Gershwin was born in:
1877
1938
1998
1898
George Gershwin was born in:
Brooklyn
Russia
Chicago
Boston
True or False: George Gershwin began piano lessons when he was in high school.
True
A song plugger is someone who:
demonstrates music for a music publisher
fixes music
plays music for performers
sells music
The area of 28th Street in NYC where there were many music publishers was known as:
Tin Pin Street
Music Row
Tin Pan Alley
Music City
Gershwin's first published song was when he was:
18
24
16
22
Gershwin's first big hit that he wrote in about 10 minutes on a bus was:
Swanee
Rhapsody in Blue
I Got Rhythm
American in Paris
George teamed up with his brother _____________ to write several Broadway musicals.
Geoffry
Irving
Greg
Ira
When he went to Paris to study with other musicians, they turned him down. Why?
He couldn't afford them
He couldn't stay long enough
They feared it would ruin his style
They didn't like his music
What composition did he write while in Paris?
An American in Paris
Which famous Gershwin work was played during the opening ceremony of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
An American in Paris
I Got Rhythm
Porgy and Bess
Rhapsody in Blue
In addition to being a great musician, George Gershwin was also a good:
artist
George Gershwin died from what?
heart attack
lung cancer
stroke
brain tumor
How old was George Gershwin when he died?
58
40
38
36
