Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

Composer of the Month: George Gershwin.  George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1898.  He did not begin his musical career until the age of 10.  He studied in Paris, France with Igor Stravinsky. Gershwin did a lot to build respect for jazz music. He wrote many works for Broadway!  Rhapsody in Blue  is one of his most famous works.  He wrote it in only 10 days! Sadly, George died at the age of 38!  How did he die you might ask?  If you find the answer, post a comment below!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

George Gershwin
died from a brain tumor.

Anonymous said...

Ms.Rice I have found the answer he died of cancer.

Ricer10 said...

Yes! Thanks for posting!

Ricer10 said...

Which caused a tumor-the removal caused his eventual death. Great job!

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Anonymous said...

hi Ms. Rice! I'm going to play the games now!

Unknown said...

hi