Previous posts for September 26th are here: George Gershwin (2019) and (2020), and William L. Dawson; Fritz Wunderlich (2021)
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George Gershwin (26 September 1898 – 11 July 1937) was an American composer and pianist, initially of popular songs, but later, in larger forms.
Steps to Parnassus
When Gershwin inquired about composition lessons, Maurice Ravel's rejection letter to Gershwin told him, "Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?" – adapted from Wikipedia
Though Gershwin was known to aspire
To a place in his Art that was higher,
He was told by Ravel,
“What you do, you do well,
Which is all that the Muses require.”
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