1) Goldmark had taught the composer George Gershwin.

2) "Rhapsody in Blue" made George Gershwin famous all over the world. Several hundred thousand copies of the printed music sold immediately.

3) In 1898, American composer George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York.

4) As we reported last week, George Gershwin published his first song when he was just eighteen years old.

5) In the play, Ethel Merman sang a song George Gershwin wrote just for her. It was called "I Got Rhythm.

6) Composer George Gershwin brought jazz into the world of classical music with pieces like "Rhapsody in Blue."

7) Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and Leonard Bernstein incorporated folk melodies, religious hymns, blues and gospel songs, and jazz into their symphonies, concertos, operas, and ballets.

8) The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions.

9) Many songs that George Gershwin wrote for musical plays and movies have remained as popular as ever.

10) George Gershwin wrote his "Rhapsody in Blue" originally for piano and jazz band. It later went on to become a symphony concert favorite.

11) Over the years visitors heard performances by George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.

12) George Gershwin died in nineteen thirty-seven,(http:///george gershwin.html) just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old.

13) Over the last century many world renowned artists have performed there including Peter Tchaikovsky, Igor Stravinsky, and Maurice Ravel and George Gershwin.

14) Listen now as Betty Buckley sings How Long Has This Been Going On by George Gershwin.

15) Today we continue our report about the life and music of one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin.

16) Lyricist Irving Caesar happened to hear him play the piano and thought he resembled his former collaborator George Gershwin.