Previous posts for April 19th may be found here: Germaine Tailleferre (2019), Jonathan Tunick (2020), David Fanshawe (2021), Orazio Benevoli (2022), Dudley Moore (2023), and Kay Swift (2024)
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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.
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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
Levant, as we've noted, had sniffed
At the courtship of Gershwin and Swift.
He observed that the pair wouldn't budge
Towards the altar or even a judge.
It might have been nice to show deference
To the couple's non-marital preference,
But Levant had a penchant to say
What he said in the bitchiest way
As he put his sharp wit on display
At a party or fête or soirée.
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