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Adulthood
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Where was he born?
New York
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Is music by Gershwin still popular today?
Yes
100
At what age was he hired for his first job?
Age 15
100
When was the Paul Whiteman concert?
1924
100
When did he die?
In 1937
200
How long did it take him to find a piano teacher that satisfied?
Two years
200
What kind of car horn was used in his song america in paris?
Taxi
200
He was the first composer to combine popular music of the day with what?
Symphonic
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What was his real name?
Jacob Gershwin
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How old was he when he died?
age 38
300
When was he born?
December 26, 1898
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What kind of music influenced him the most?
Jazz
300
How many sibling did he have?
Three
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Who did he write most of his with?
Ira Gershwin his brother
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In what year was he voted into thesongwirters hall of fame?
1970
400
Harlem
Where did he first listen to jazz music?
400
What was his first hit?
Swanee
400
what was his first job?
A pianist
400
What nationality was he?
Russian
400
How did he die?
He had a brain tumor
500
What was his favorite thing to do as a child?
stickball and street hockey
500
Who was his piano originaly bought for?
His brother
500
At what age did he drop out of school?
15
500
What item found in a house was used in the second rhapsody?
A flyswatter
500
What was his last thing he wrote?
The opera porgy and bess