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Originally Posted by Wyllys
George Gershwin went to Paris and applied to study under Maurice Ravel. Ravel rejected him saying, "Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?".
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The other story I heard about that meeting was when Ravel asked Gershwin how much he earned. When Gershwin told him, Ravel replied "perhaps I should study with you".
Another version of the story has Stravinsky in place of Ravel, but both are apocryphal.