By:Dajuan Harrison. Early Life -Born in Brooklyn,New York on September, 26 1898 as Jacob Gershowitz. -George was the second of four children.

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By:Dajuan Harrison

Early Life -Born in Brooklyn,New York on September, as Jacob Gershowitz. -George was the second of four children.

Education of Music - Gershwin tried various piano teachers for two years. - Charles Hambitzer the pianist in the Beethoven Symphony Orchestra, he acted as his mentor in his early years.

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Films for which Gershwin wrote original scores - Delicious(1931) -Shall we Dance(1937) -A Damsel in Distress (1937) -The Goldwyn Follies(1938) -The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947)

Legacy and Honors -In Brooklyn, George Gershwin Junior High School 166 is named after him. -The 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Musical Comedy "Of Thee I Sing". -George Gershwin was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in The 1945 biographical film Rhapsody in Blue starred Robert Alda as George Gershwin.

Big Awards Big Awards. Gershwin received his sole Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Song, at the 1937 Oscars, for "They Can't Take That Away from Me“.. The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to George and Ira Gershwin in The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award was established by UCLA to honor the brothers for their contribution to music and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song "Strike Up the Band for UCLA.". The 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Musical Comedy "Of Thee I Sing".. George Gershwin was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Operas Operas -Blue Monday(1922)- the original name of a one-act "jazz opera" by George Gershwin, renamed 135th Street during a later production. -Porgy and Bess(1935)- First performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward.

Death - Gershawn died on July 11, 1937 at the age of 38 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital following surgery for the tumor. - Gershwin died intestate. All his property passed to his mother. - Gershawn is buried in the Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

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