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George Gershwin

Outros nomes: Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine, Д. Гершвин

Data de nascimento

26 de setembro de 1898

Data de falecimento

11 de julho de 1937

(faleceu aos 38)

Local de nascimento

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".