Previous posts for April 19th may be found here: Germaine Tailleferre (2019), Jonathan Tunick (2020), David Fanshawe (2021), Orazio Benevoli (2022), and Dudley Moore (2023)
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Kay Swift (19 April 1897 – 28 January 1993) was an American composer of popular and classical music. She had a prolonged affair with composer George Gershwin.
Swift as a Thought
Gershwin and Swift's affair lasted over ten years in all, until his death in 1937. Despite their long relationship, Kay and George never married. As the couple [George Gershwin and Kay Swift] entered a nightclub one evening, Oscar Levant reportedly announced, "Ah, look! Here comes George Gershwin with the future Miss Kay Swift.” – adapted from Wikipedia
The raconteur breezily riffed
On the link between Gershwin and Swift;
And truly, we can’t
Censure Oscar Levant,
For his use of their prurient gift.
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