George Gershwin (1898-1937) From an impoverished childhood Gershwin quickly rose to achieve wealth and renown as one of America's most gifted composers of popular songs, musicals, operas, piano, orchestral works. Gershwin enjoyed writing popular songs. He wrote >leasing, memorable tunes. He incorporated jazz elements in his writing such as "blue notes" and walking bass line. He used dynamic, trenchant, and highly syncopated rhythms, and the lyrics, mostly written by his brot
