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'Porgy and Bess' is an Opera first performed in 1935. The music for the 'Porgy and Bess' opera was written by George Gershwin. He is a brilliant musician that also wrote music for other operas.
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JordanPorgy was a novel written by DuBose Heyward. With his wife, Dorothy Heyward, he made it into a play. George Gershwin read the novel and decided to use it as the basis for his opera. DuBose Heyward wrote the libretto, and he and Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics for the songs. Gershwin set it to music and it was premiered as Porgy and Bess in 1935 in Boston.
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