George Gershwin
Personal Info
Known For Sound
Gender Male
Birthday 1898-09-26
Deathday 1937-07-11 (38 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Jacob Gershowitz, Jacob Gershwine
George Gershwin
Biography
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".
Known For
Sound
as Music
as Music
as Music Producer
as Original Music Composer
as Music
as Original Music Composer
as Music
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Music
as Music
as Music
as Music
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Music
as Music
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Music
as Songs
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Original Music Composer
as Songs
as Songs
Writer
as Novel
as Musical
as Musical
Actor
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Crew
as Compositor
as Additional Music