George Gershwin
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.
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- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Awards
- 🏆 Congressional Gold Medal🏆 Grammy Trustees Award🏆 Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards🏆 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Trending topics shown first"The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up."
"Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas."
"My people are American, my time is today…music must repeat the thought and aspirations of the times."
"When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America."
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1898
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Birth1937
Died
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