Paul Simon Gershwin Research Paper
oCan Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney Have Anything in Common?
Paul McCartney will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the White House on June 2, 2010 by the Library of Congress. Many of his contemporary songwriters will be present for the event.
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What do Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common other than popular icons of music: the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize is one of the many honors awarded by the Library of Congress. While the Library of Congress is concerned that the recipients of the Gershwin Prize for Song goes to persons who both entertain and inform their listeners, the word "song" is extended to include and type of sound recording that can …show more content…
Gershwin was known for both his concert music, operatic works and popular songs. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and was one of her most notable students: American students of Nadia Boulanger. It is hard to lessen the importance of such training which Gershwin had with so prominent a pedagogue as Nadia Boulanger. Some of his most popular works are performed throughout the world today: Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess. In 1937 Gershwin was given an Oscar nomination fro one of his popular songs, "They Can't Take That Away From Me," for the Film Shall We Dance starring Fred Astaire and Ginger …show more content…
1950) has been a recording artist for over fifty years. He started his career at the age of eleven, has received 22 Grammy Awards and has recorded over thirty top ten hits. He has also influenced many thru his social activism. He was named Messengers of Peace by the United Nations in 2009. The George Gershwin prize for popular song went to Stevie Wonder in 2008. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, in 1994 he won an Academy Award for his single "I Just Called to Say I Love You" for the film Woman in Red. A summary of his many awards and honors can be seen here.
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Paul McCartney has been named the most successful songwriter of all time. He has been awarded on numerous occasions, has topped the charts both in the U.S. and in the U.K. dozens of times, has been an active spokesperson for multiple charities and non-profit organizations throughout his career and still writes and performs todaythroughout the world. A full list of his discography can be seen here.
Summary
What do Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common? The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. These three songwriters have more than having been recipients of this most notable prize from the Library of Congress: the lists could go
Paul McCartney will be awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the White House on June 2, 2010 by the Library of Congress. Many of his contemporary songwriters will be present for the event.
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What do Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common other than popular icons of music: the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize is one of the many honors awarded by the Library of Congress. While the Library of Congress is concerned that the recipients of the Gershwin Prize for Song goes to persons who both entertain and inform their listeners, the word "song" is extended to include and type of sound recording that can …show more content…
Gershwin was known for both his concert music, operatic works and popular songs. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and was one of her most notable students: American students of Nadia Boulanger. It is hard to lessen the importance of such training which Gershwin had with so prominent a pedagogue as Nadia Boulanger. Some of his most popular works are performed throughout the world today: Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess. In 1937 Gershwin was given an Oscar nomination fro one of his popular songs, "They Can't Take That Away From Me," for the Film Shall We Dance starring Fred Astaire and Ginger …show more content…
1950) has been a recording artist for over fifty years. He started his career at the age of eleven, has received 22 Grammy Awards and has recorded over thirty top ten hits. He has also influenced many thru his social activism. He was named Messengers of Peace by the United Nations in 2009. The George Gershwin prize for popular song went to Stevie Wonder in 2008. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, in 1994 he won an Academy Award for his single "I Just Called to Say I Love You" for the film Woman in Red. A summary of his many awards and honors can be seen here.
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U]
Paul McCartney has been named the most successful songwriter of all time. He has been awarded on numerous occasions, has topped the charts both in the U.S. and in the U.K. dozens of times, has been an active spokesperson for multiple charities and non-profit organizations throughout his career and still writes and performs todaythroughout the world. A full list of his discography can be seen here.
Summary
What do Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney have in common? The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. These three songwriters have more than having been recipients of this most notable prize from the Library of Congress: the lists could go