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George Gershwin

Altri nomi: Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine, Д. Гершвин

Data di nascita

26 settembre 1898

Data di morte

11 luglio 1937

(morto a 38 anni)

Luogo di nascita

New York City, New York, USA

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Biografia

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".