Look up artist Gershwin, Ira


Name: Gershwin, Ira
Born: Dec 6, 1896 (New York City)
Died: Aug 17, 1983 (Beverly Hills, California)
Note: a/k/a Isadore Gershovitz / See Gottlieb 239

Songs written or composed


Title: Summertime
Also known as: Zumertsayt
Author: Gershwin, Ira
Composer: Gershwin, George
Genre: Opera/Lullaby
Subject: Summer/Seaon/Father/Mother

Recordings:


On album: N-005(a) (Cantares De Madre Susana Naidich Orqueta De Camara)
Track ID: 14715
Artist: RovIra, Eduardo
Artist: Naidich, Susana
Artist: Camara Orchestra
First line: Summertime, and the livin is easy,
Track comment: From "Porgy and Bess"
Language: English
Style: Operatic

On album: K-057(a) (Para Ustedes... Zivia Klein -- צביה קלײן )
Track ID: 14716
Artist: Tsesler, Shmuel -- צעסלער, שמואל
Artist: Klein, Zivia -- קלײן, צביה
Artist: Levy, Alberto
First line: Sumertseyt, un dos lebn iz gringer, fishlekh shpringen...
First line (Yiddish):זומערצײַט, און דאָס לעבן איז גרינגער, פֿישלעך שפּרינגן...
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: From "Porgy & Bess"
Language: Yiddish
Style: Concert

On album: R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
Track ID: 23637
Artist: Kressyn, Miriam -- קרעסן, מיריאַם
Artist: Rechtzeit, Seymour -- רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line: Shlof mayn kind, got geshankt in zayn himl, in kholem...
First line:די אמתה ליבע, זי לעבט איבער אַלעס, זי איז אַ מתּונה פֿון גאָט,
Track comment: From the opera "Porgy & Bess"
Language: Yiddish/English

Title: Mischa Yasha Toscha Sascha
Author: Gershwin, Ira
Composer: Gershwin, George
Genre: Humor/Satire/Novelty
Subject: Violin/Names/Assimilation/Concert/Origins
Additional song notes: See Gottlieb, p. 40

Recordings:


On album: F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
Track ID: 28552
Artist: Venuti, Joe
Artist: Wall, Phil
First line: One two three four, five four three, one two three four, who are we
Track comment: Originally recorded May 31, 1933
Language: English
Style: Harmony
Length: 03:18

On album: G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID: 31656
Artist: Paul Whiteman Orchestra
First line: We really think you ought to know that we were born right in the middle of...
Language: English
Style: Four Part Harmony/Pop/Orchestral/
Length: 3:10

Title: My One And Only
Author: Gershwin, Ira
Composer: Gershwin, George
Genre: Broadway/Theater/Cabaret
Subject: Proposal/acceptance/rejection/obsession
Additional song notes: See Gottlieb, p. 42, 43. Patterned after "Shlof Zhe Mayn Feygele".

Recording:


On album: G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID: 31658
Artist: Fitzgerald, Ella
Artist: Larkins, Ellis
First line: My one and only, what am I goona do when you turn me down?
Language: English
Style: Cabaret
Length: 1:23

Title: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Author: Gershwin, George
Author: Gershwin, Ira
Composer: Gershwin, George
Composer: Gershwin, Ira
Genre: Theater/Classical
Subject: Love/Differences/Breakup/Heartbreak
Origin: Ephemera 1127

Recording:


On album: M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID: 36590
Artist: Morein, Donna
Artist: Frey, Alexander
First line: You say either and I say eyther, you say neither and I say nyther,...
Language: English
Style: Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length: 2:40

Title: My Ship
Author: Gershwin, Ira
Composer: Weill, Kurt
Genre: Theater/Pop
Subject: Dream/Love/Jewels/Gold/Hope
Origin: Ephemera 1127
Additional song notes: From the film, "Lady In The Dark"

Recording:


On album: M-099(a) (An Evening With George Gershwin / Donna Morein, Mezzo Soprano/ Alexander Frey, Piano)
Track ID: 36604
Artist: Morein, Donna
Artist: Frey, Alexander
First line: My ship has sails that are made of silk, the decks are trimmed with gold...
Language: English
Style: Concert/Pop/Art Song
Length: 4:38

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Other tracks with this artist


Title: Lady Be Good (Yid, Meydl Zay Gut) -- מײדל זײ גוט
On album: G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... -- געזאַנג און טאַנץ )
Track ID: 20657
Artist: Lilienfeld, Francois
Artist: Gershwin, Ira
Artist: Gezang Un Tants Ensemble
First line: Oy, hob rakmones, meydl zay gut, oy, meydl ikh bet, zay gut,
Track comment: Recording made in Zurich Potpourri of Songs

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