Compose Yourself
'S Wonderful Life
I Got Rhythm
Hidden Talents
All That Jazz
100
Famous composition painting a picture of his time in Paris
What is An American in Paris?
100
George's brother and lyric partner
Who is Ira Gershwin?
100
A influential style named for its syncopated or "ragged" rhythms
What is ragtime?
100
Taught himself to play piano with the help of this invention
What is a player piano?
100
Popular dance in the 1920s.
What is the Charleston?
200
Premiered this piece at the Experiment in Modern Music concert.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
200
Country George's parents are from
What is Russia?
200
King of Ragtime
Who is Scott Joplin?
200
Gershwin's other form of artistic expression
What is painting?
200
A "roaring" time in American history
What is 1920s?
300
Gershwin song made famous by Al Jolsen.
What is Swanee?
300
George's last name before it was changed to sound more American.
What is Gershawitz?
300
A term meaning "mixing or joining of melodies"
What is rhapsody?
300
Gershwin's ability to play a song without having seen it before
What is sight read?
300
A very poor time in American history during the 1930s
What is Great Depression or Dirty 30s?
400
Popular Gershwin tune written with the help of Buddie DaSylva
What is "Stairway to Paradise"?
400
Did this at age 15
What is dropped out of school?
400
A scale with the third and seventh lowered
What is blues scale?
400
Gershwin's ability to play a song in another key on the spot
What is transpose?
400
Where Ira and George moved to in the 1930s
What is Hollywood?
500
Only opera written by Gershwin and noteably featuring a mostly African American cast
What is Porgy and Bess?
500
Worked as a song plugger in this NY district
What is Tin Pan Alley?
500
To play a song in another key.
What is transpose?
500
Gershwin's first job title which required to play and sell sheet music
What is song plugger?
500
Year Gershwin was born
What is 1898?
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