Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-09-26
Day of Death
1937-07-11 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Jacob Gershowitz
Jacob Gershwine
Д. Гершвин
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".
