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