GEORGE GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 176279
Price: $1,200.00
GEORGE GERSHWIN
George Gershwin signature cut from a check.
Signature: "George Gershwin", 3½x1, cut from check. George
Gershwin (1898-1937), born Jacob Gershovitz (later shortened to Gershvin), was
one of the greatest songwriters of his day and also a "serious"
composer who bridged the gap between classical and popular music. In 1910,
his mother purchased a piano for George's older brother, 14-year-old Ira, but it
was 12-year-old George who quickly took to it. George's first Broadway show,
La, La Lucille, ran for one hundred performances in 1919, the same year
Al Jolson heard Gershwin's 1917 song "Swanee" and added it to his touring
show. Gershwin's works include Rhapsody in Blue (1924),
Porgy and Bess (1935) and the first Pulitzer Prize-winning
musical, Of Thee I Sing (1931). In 1937, the year he was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Song, Gershwin died of a brain tumor in 1937
at the age of 38. Vertical fold between the "rg" of George. Ink blot above
signature. Lower edge perforations indicates it was removed from a checkbook.
Overall, fine condition.
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