Earl Wild composed Seven Virtuoso Etudes based on this composer's songs.
Earl Wild composed Seven Virtuoso Etudes based on this composer's songs. This composer's only piano concerto was commissioned by Walter Damrosch, and includes a theme based on the Charleston in its first movement. An opera by this composer includes a song doubting the truthfulness of the Bible, "It Ain't Necessarily So," which is sung by (*) Sportin' Life. He composed his Concerto in F a year after writing a work which begins with a wailing clarinet glissando, which was premiered by Paul Whiteman's band in 1924. For 10 points, name this American composer of songs such as "Summertime" and "I Got Rhythm," the opera Porgy and Bess, and Rhapsody in Blue.
Earl Wild composed Seven Virtuoso Etudes based on this composer's songs.
George Gershwin