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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.
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This 1930 edition also had songs in it by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin, by E. Y. Harburg and Duke, and by Harry Myers.
A third single was released amid controversy before Christmas 1984: a revival of " It Ain't Necessarily So ", the George and Ira Gershwin classic ( from Porgy and Bess ) which questions the authenticity of Biblical tales.
His show-stopping number was " Tchaikovsky ", by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, in which he sang the names of a whole string of Russian composers at breakneck speed, seemingly without taking a breath.
It was not until 1924 that Ira and George Gershwin teamed up to write the music for their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good !.
The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award was established in 1988 by UCLA to honor the brothers for their contribution to music and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song " Strike Up the Band for UCLA ".
In 1987, Ira's widow, Leonore Gershwin, established the Ira Gershwin Literacy Center at University Settlement, a century-old institution at 185 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side, New York City.
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The couple have two children, John Ira Shepherd ( May 27, 2008 ), and Junia Rosa Ruth ( December 15, 2010 ).
( George and Ira Gershwin ) – Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 1 and ran for 330 performances
Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, also known as the Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton ( 11 December 185014 May 1922 ) was the Lanarkshire-born, Scottish-German-French great-grandmother of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the fashion designer Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, the socialite and actress Princess Ira von Fürstenberg and the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Karel Schwarzenberg.
In honor of Schroeder's passion for Beethoven, the Charles M. Schulz Museum ( Santa Rosa ) and the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies announced the launching in December 2009 of a permanent online exhibit of 60 of the 300 Schulz's cartoons that involve Schroeder and Beethoven: " Schulz's Beethoven, Schroeder's Muse " ( accessible through the website www. americanbeethovensociety. org ).
His father, Ira Livingston Fredendall ( December 7, 1846-February 6, 1935 ) was on active duty in the U. S. Army when Lloyd was born.
Carl Schurz, in, reports from exile in England that upon Napoleon III's coup d ' état of 2 December 1851, “ Our French friends shouted and shrieked and gesticulated and hurled opprobrious names at Louis Napoleon and cursed his helpers, and danced the Carmagnole and sang ‘ Ça Ira .’”
Ira Joy Chase ( December 7, 1834May 11, 1895 ) was a veteran of the American Civil War, a leading member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a prominent Church of Christ evangelist, and the 22nd Governor of Indiana between November 23, 1891January 9, 1893.
On December 28, 2007, it was revealed that the Cavaliers fined Jones and Ira Newble an undisclosed amount of money for refusing to come off the bench during the final minute of their Christmas Day win over the Miami Heat.
Jessica Novak is a 1981 drama television series that aired on CBS from November 5, 1981 till December 3, 1981 and was written by Ira Steven Behr.
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The 13 daughter's married to sage Kashyapa are ( 1 ) Aditi, ( 2 ) Diti, ( 3 ) Danu ( 4 ) Arishta, ( 5 ) Sursa, ( 6 ) Surabhi, ( 7 ) Vinata, ( 8 ) Tamra, ( 9 ) Krodhvasha, ( 10 ) Ira, ( 11 ) Kadru, ( 12 ) Vishva, and ( 13 ) Muni.
Richard Ira " Dick " Bong ( September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945 ) is the United States ' highest-scoring air ace, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II.
After a funeral at the American Cathedral in Paris on 6 November 2001 – which was attended by Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, Prince Gholam Reza Pahlavi, the Count and Countess of Paris, the Prince and Princess of Naples, Prince Michel of Orléans, and Princess Ira von Fürstenberg – she was buried in the Westfriedhof, a cemetery in Munich, Germany, along with her parents and brother.
Its most notable candidate, Roger Ira Price, who ran for the United States Senate in 2006, received 1. 6 % of the vote.
Ira James Murchison ( February 6, 1933 – March 28, 1994 ) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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