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[2019]GeorgeGershwin,bornin1898,wasoneofAmerica'sgreatestcomposersW1.

Hepublishedhisfirstsongwhenhewaseighteenyearsold.Duringthenexttwentyyearshewrotemorethanfivehundredsongs.

ManyofGershwin'ssongswerefirstwrittenformusicalplaysperformedintheatresinNewYork

City.Theseplayswereapopularformofentertainment

W2inthe1920sand1930s.Manyofhissongs

haveremainedpopularasever.Overtheyearstheyhavebeensungandplayedineverypossiblewayfromjazztocountry.

Inthe1920sP1therewasadebate

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peopleasked,beconsideredseriousmusic?In1924jazzmusicianandorchestraleaderPaulWhitemandecidedtoorganizeaspecialconcerttoshowthatjazzwasseriousmusic.Gershwin

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agreedtocomposesomethingfortheconcertbeforeherealizedhehadjustafewweekstodoit.

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Blue.Gershwinhimselfplayedthepiano2attheconcert.Theaudiencewerethrilledwhentheyheard

hismusic.Itmadehimworldfamousandshowedthatjazzmusiccouldbebothseriousandpopular.

In1928,GershwinwenttoParis.Heappliedto3studycomposition（）withthewellknown

musicianNadiaBoulanger,butsherejectedW4him.Shewasafraidthatclassicalstudywouldruinhisjazz

influeneedstyle.Whilethere,GershwinwroteAnAmericaninParis.Whenitwasfirstperformed,

critics（）weredividedoverthemusic.Somecalledithappyandfulloflife,toothersitwassillyandboring.ButitquicklybecamepopularinEuropeandtheUnitedStates.Itstillremainsoneofhismost

famousworks.

GeorgeGershwindiedin1937,justdaysafterdoctorslearnedhehadbraincancer.Hewasonlythirty

nineyearsold.Newspapersallovertheworldreportedhisdeath

W5ontheirfrontpages.People

mournedthelossofthemanandallthemusichemighthavestillwritten.1.ManyofGershwin'smusicalworkswere_______.

writtenaboutNewYorkers

composedforPaulWhiteman

playedmainlyinthecountryside

performedinvariousways

2.WhatdoweknowabouttheconcertorganizedbyWhiteman?A.Itattractedmorepeopletotheatres.

Itprovedjazzcouldbeseriousmusic.

ItmadeGershwinleaderoftheorchestra.

Itcausedadebateamongjazzmusicians.

3.WhatdidGershwindoduringhisstayinParis?

Hecreatedoneofhisbestworks.

HestudiedwithNadiaBoulanger.

HearguedwithFrenchcritics.

Hechangedhismusicstyle.

4.Whatdowelearnfromthelastparagraph?

ManyofGershwin'sworkswerelost.

ThedeathofGershwinwaswidelyreported.

AconcertwasheldinmemoryofGershwin.

BraincancerresearchstartedafterGershwin'sdeath.

5.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesGershwin?

A.Talentedandproductive.B.Seriousandboring.

C.Popularandunhappy.D.Friendlyandh