Gershwin had heard one-hundred baritones attempt the part. He did not want any of them.

格听了试图扮演这个角色的一百名男中音的演唱。一个也没看上。

And Elton John and his longtime writing partner Bernie Taupin received the prestigious Gershwin Prize for popular song.

埃尔顿·约翰和长期的词曲创作伙伴伯尼·陶平获得了著名的格行歌曲奖。

Yeah, but not very well, unless 14-across, 'Gershwin musical' actually is bite me bite me bite me bite me.

对，是错误百出，除非，横十四的“格音乐剧”，是叫“咬我，咬我，咬我”。

Would you like to see the Gershwin revue tonight?

见鬼，没时间准备？

Gershwin tried to get help to produce the opera.

格试图寻求帮助来制作这部歌剧。

Gershwin did not make very much money on it.

格没有从中赚到很多钱。

Gershwin heeded that warning and slowly transformed himself into one of the significant American composer of his generation.

格注意到了这一警告，慢慢将自己转变为那一代重要的美国作曲家之一。

Hayward was interested, and Gershwin and Hayward started working on the project, but it took them almost eight years.

海沃德很感兴趣， 格和海沃德开始着手这个项目，花了将近八年的时间。

Gershwin talked to Hayward and his wife, and wanted to get permission to write a opera based on the book.

格与海沃德和的妻子谈过，想获得许可根据这本书写一部歌剧。

Duncan almost decided not to try for the part. But he changed his mind. He sang a piece from an Italian opera for Gershwin.

邓肯几乎决定不演这个角色。是改变了主意。为格演唱了一个意大利歌剧的一段歌曲。

He once wove Mozart's Sonata in F major into Gershwin's " The Man I Love" , and was amazed at how well they went together.

曾把莫扎特的F大调奏鸣曲编入格的《我爱的人》中，为二者的完美结合而感到惊讶。

He had sung only a few minutes when Gershwin offered him the part. But Duncan was not sure that playing Porgy would be right for him.

只唱了几分钟，格就给了这个角色。是邓肯不知道是否是扮演波吉的合适人选。

Gershwin had to use his own money to produce the show because other people didn't want to give him money to have African Americans as part of the production.

格不得不用自己的钱来制作这部剧， 因为其人不想给钱让非裔美国人参与制作。

Gershwin himself always believed it was one of his great artistic accomplishments, and it was only later that the rest of the musical world came to believe the same thing.

格本人一直认为这是伟大的艺术成就之一，直到后来， 音乐界的其人才开始相信同样的事情。

Along with the Gershwin Prize concert, which the White House traditionally put on each year to honor a leading composer or performer, the series gave my family front-row seats three or four times a year at a live, star-studded musical extravaganza.

除了白宫每年为表彰杰出作曲家或表演者而举办的格奖音乐会外，该系列音乐会每年都会为我的家人提供三到四次前排座位，观看一场星光熠熠的现场音乐盛会。

Louis also liked the music of George Gershwin and Stephen Foster.

路易斯也喜欢乔治·格和斯蒂芬·福斯特的作品。

It's by George and Ira Gershwin and it contains a line. Well, let me just play them for you.

这是乔治和艾拉·格的作品，其中有一句话。让我放给你听。