Sonido

George Gershwin

Otros nombres: Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine, Д. Гершвин

Fecha de nacimiento

26 de septiembre de 1898

Fecha de fallecimiento

11 de julio de 1937

(falleció a los 38)

Lugar de nacimiento

New York City, New York, USA

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Biografía

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".