Although he soon had steady work writing scores for the George White Scandals, he wanted to create serious music; unfo  rtunately, his first opera, 135th Street, was a failure and removed after only one show.
While a plugger for the Remick publishing house, he began writing songs, and his first hit, "Swanee," came at the age of nineteen. Although he soon had steady work writing scores for the George White Scandals, he wanted to create serious music; unfo  rtunately, his first opera, 135th Street, was a failure and removed after only one show. FTP, name this American composer of the Cuban Overture, Of Thee I Sing!, An American in Paris, and Rhapsody in Blue.
While a plugger for the Remick publishing house, he began writing songs, and his first hit, "Swanee," came at the age of nineteen.
George Gershwin