I've Been Working on the Railroad
" I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song.
The first published version appeared as" Levee Song" in" Carmina Princetonia", a book of Princeton University songs published in 1894.
The earliest known recording is by the Sandhills Sixteen, released by Victor Records in 1927.
George Gershwin
George Gershwin (born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres.
Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924) and "An American in Paris" (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "
I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera "Porgy and Bess" (1935) which spawned the hit "Summertime".
Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody.
He began his career as a song plugger but soon started composing Broadway theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and with Buddy DeSylva.
He moved to Paris intending to study with Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him.
He subsequently composed "An American in Paris", returned to New York City and wrote "Porgy and Bess" with Ira and DuBose Heyward.
Initially a commercial failure
, it came to be considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century and an American cultural classic.
Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores.
He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor.
His compositions have been adapted for use in film and television, with several becoming jazz standards recorded and covered in many variations.
Charming Beauty Bright
"( Once I courted a) Charming Beauty Bright" is an American folk- song.
It is found in both Southern and Northern states during the 19th Century.
Blue Bird (Russian folk song)
" Blue Bird"( синяя птица;" sinyaya ptitsa") is a Russian folk song.
The song begins:
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On
" Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who popularized the song through his own recording of it.
The song glamorized the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
The 11 hydroelectric dams built on the American stretch of the Columbia helped farms and industry, but their construction also permanently altered the character of the river.
The song became famous as an anthem about American public works projects arising out of the New Deal in the Great Depression.
In 1987, it was adopted as the official folk song of the State of Washington.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
The Old Maid's Song
The Old Maid's Song is an American folk song.
It recounts the story of a woman whose younger sisters have married, while she has remained a spinster into middle age.
During the chorus of the song, the narrator defines a loose criterion for a husband.
The song is derived from the broadside ballad" The Wooing Maid," a song which dates to the seventeenth century.
Dana Lyons
Dana Lyons is an American folk and alternative rock musician, best known for writing and performing the 1996 comedic folk song "Cows With Guns".
Biljana platno beleše
Biljana platno beleše(" Biljana was bleaching linen") is a folk song from Vardar Macedonia.
In Bulgaria it is considered a Bulgarian folk song.
In the Republic of Macedonia it is viewed as a Macedonian folk song.
The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)
"The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" is a 1918 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
It was the first Gershwin song to be performed on Broadway, where it was introduced by Nora Bayes in the 1918 musical "Ladies First".

Question: Where was the place of death of the composer of song The Real American Folk Song (Is A Rag)?
Answer: Hollywood