【美国人物志】乔治·格什温 (3/7)

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        乔治·格什温（GeorgeGershwin,1898－1937），美国著名作曲家，写过大量的流行歌曲和数十部歌舞表演、音乐剧，是百老汇舞台＆好莱坞的名作曲家。
       
       
        Hints:
        Tin Pan Alley
        George Gershwin
        'Em
最后出现到歌名首字母都要大写
The photograph and radio had been invented in the late 1800s. But it would be many years before there were musical recordings or regular radio broadcasts. Tin Pan Alley publishers needed another way to sell new songs. So, they employed people to play the piano to do this.
The piano players played the songs all day long to interested singers and other performers. George Gershwin was one of the youngest piano players in Tin Pan Alley. Soon, he was considered one of the finest there. He was already writing his own songs. He succeeded in getting one published when he was only 18 years old. It had a long title: "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em."照片和收音机是在19世纪末才发明的。但音乐录音或者是常规的无线电广播却是多年后才有。锡锅街的出版商需要寻找新的方式去营销他们的新歌。所以，他们雇佣一些人通过玩钢琴来达到这效果。
这些钢琴玩家通过弹奏一整天的钢琴来娱乐歌手和其他一些表演者。George Gershwin 是其中最年轻的一位。很快，他就被认为是最好的一位了。他已经开始自己作曲。并且在年仅18岁的时候成功的发布了第一首歌。歌的名字很长《当你想要到时候等不到，得到的时候却不想要了》。
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