George Gershwin
Born: 26th September 1898, Brooklyn, New York
Died: 11th July 1937, Los Angeles
Nationality: American
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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.
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Popular Works: Gershwin
- 's Wonderful (186)
- A Foggy Day (In London Town) (176)
- Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess) (19)
- But Not for Me (225)
- Do It Again (21)
- Embraceable You (283)
- Fascinatin' Rhythm (115)
- He Loves And She Loves (16)
- How Long Has This Been Going On (185)
- I Got Rhythm (180)
- I loves you Porgy (from Porgy and Bess) (94)
- I Was Doing All Right (36)
- I've got a crush on you (91)
- Isn't It a Pity? (21)
- It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) (64)
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (51)
- Liza (26)
- Looking For A Boy (18)
- Love Is Here to Stay (133)
- Love Walked In (126)
- Mine (17)
- My man's gone now (from Porgy and Bess) (45)
- My One and Only (23)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (144)
- Of Thee I Sing (20)
- Oh, Lady Be Good! (285)
- Our Love Is Here To Stay (108)
- Rhapsody in Blue (53)
- Shall We Dance (16)
- Slap That Bass (15)
- Somebody Loves Me (49)
- Someone to Watch over Me (257)
- Soon (67)
- Strike Up the Band (93)
- Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) (292)
- The Man I Love (311)
- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (from Porgy and Bess) (20)
- They all laughed (56)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me (246)
- Who Cares? (66)
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