Ira Gershwin role that Ira played. His mastery of songwriting continued, however, after the early death of George. He wrote additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren and Harold Arlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book "Lyrics on Several Occasions", an amalgam of autobiography and annotated anthology, is an important source for studying the art of the lyricist in the golden age of American popular song. Gershwin was born in New York City, the oldest of four children of Morris (Moishe) and Rose Gershovitz (née Rosa Bruskin), who were Russian Jews, born in St Petersburg, who had emigrated to
Bunch (surname) United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than the national average in the following states: The frequency of the surname was highest (over 20 times the national average) in the following U.S. counties: Bunch (surname) Bunch is a surname. According to George Fraser Black ("The Surnames of Scotland", 1946), it is "a surname peculiar to Perth and neighbourhood, and found in Perth so early as first half of the fifteenth century". Notable people with the surname include: At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname "Bunch" was highest in the following