From Tin Pan Alley to Carniage Hall, via Broadway, George Gershwin's career was typical of 'rags to riches' stories of American life.
 Bach 1685-1750
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 Beethoven 1770-1827
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 Chopin 1810-1849
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 Gershwin 1898-1937
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 Haydn 1732-1809
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 Mozart 1756-1792
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 Sibelius 1865-1957
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 Tchaikovsky 1840-1893
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