George Gershwin
George Gershwin · Arts & Literature
Composer - Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess
1898, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1937, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz, and classical genres.
George Gershwin was one of America's greatest composers, bridging concert music and popular song with 'Rhapsody in Blue' (1924), the tone poem 'An American in Paris', and the opera 'Porgy and Bess'. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, he drew on the vitality of American music while remaining rooted in his community. He was Jewish.
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Source: Great American Songbook
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Composer - Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess
Source: Great American Songbook
