Ira Gershwin
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1896
- Died
- 1983
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Sam H. Harris presents Of thee I sing
- Of Thee I Sing
- Delicious
- ...Nitrogen survey...
- Of thee I sing, a musical play
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Film & TV
Writing · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
- Gershwin: The American Classic2018
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America1992
- The Bell Telephone Hour — Self1959
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
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- 5,217
- Total plays
- 15,028
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Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me", and the opera Porgy and Bess. The success the brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative r
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,071x
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Key facts
- Born
- Israel Gershovitz , ( 1896-12-06 ) December 6, 1896, Manhattan, New York , US
- Died
- August 17, 1983 (1983-08-17) (aged 86), Beverly Hills, California , US
- Other names
- Israel Gershvin, Arthur Francis
- Education
- City College of New York
- Occupation
- Lyricist
- Years active
- 1910s–1950s
- Known for
- Collaborations with George Gershwin ; Porgy and Bess
- Notable work
- I Got Rhythm , Embraceable You , Lyrics on Several Occasions
- Spouse
- Leonore Strunsky (m. 1926)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 6 December 1896
- Died
- 17 August 1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- City College of New York
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Article
Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable English-language songs of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love", and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera Porgy and Bess.
The success the Gershwin brothers had with their collaborative works has often overshadowed the creative role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued after George's early death in 1937. Ira wrote additional hit songs with composers Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book Lyrics on Several Occasions, an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is widely considered an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song.
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1896 births1983 deaths20th-century American Jews20th-century American memoirists20th-century American songwritersAmerican male lyricistsAmerican musical theatre librettistsAmerican musical theatre lyricistsAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentBroadway composers and lyricistsBurials at Westchester Hills CemeteryCity College of New York alumni