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George Gershwin

Auch bekannt als: Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine, Д. Гершвин

Geburtsdatum

26. September 1898

Todesdatum

11. Juli 1937

(verstorben mit 38)

Geburtsort

New York City, New York, USA

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Biografie

George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz 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 standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".