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George Gershwin was an American composer and conductor born in 1898 in Brooklyn and who died in 1937 in Los Angeles. Working between opera, classical music and jazz, active from 1914, he started out as a pianist on Broadway, where his brother Ira wrote the lyrics for many of his songs.
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- Piano Concerto (1986)
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- 1898 · Brooklyn
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- 1914
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- Victor Talking Machine Company
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George Gershwin, pseudonym of Jacob Gershowitz, was an American composer and conductor, born on September 26, 1898, in Brooklyn (New York) and died on July 11, 1937, in Los Angeles (California).
Born in New York into a working-class Jewish family originally from Saint Petersburg, George Gershwin began his career as an orchestra pianist on Broadway. His brother, Israel, known as “Ira,” a lyricist, wrote most of the texts for his songs, which were soon snapped up by Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and producer Florenz Ziegfeld. Creator of symphonic jazz, he achieved triumph with his musical comedies. In 1924, he composed Rhapsody in Blue. In New York, on March 7, 1928, he met Maurice Ravel. In Vienna, he befriended Alban Berg. A true star, associating with famous women of his time (Paulette Goddard, Simone Simon), and a friend of Arnold Schönberg, he settled in Hollywood to compose film scores and popular songs. Many of his works have become great jazz standards, thanks in particular to Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Hancock, and many other singers and actors. He died at the age of 38 from a brain tumour.
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Discography
- George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess 1956
- The George Gershwin Story 1959
- Concerto in F Major & Rhapsody in Blue 1960
- An American in Paris / Rhapsody in Blue 1961
- Rhapsody in Blue / Un américain à Paris 1962
- Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris / Concerto In F 1966
- Rhapsody in Blue 1967
- George Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue and Other Favorites 1967
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand 1970
- "Porgy & Bess" and "An American in Paris" 1972
- The Complete Gershwin: Works for Orchestra, Piano & Orchestra 1974
- Porgy and Bess 1976
- Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Broadway Overtures 1976
- Gershwin: An American in Paris / Russo: Street Music 1977
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris 1978
- Barbara Hendricks Sings Gershwin 1981
- Porgy and Bess in Concert / Girl Crazy Overture 1981
- Previn Conducts Gershwin 1981
- Concerto pour piano - Rhapsody in Blue 1982
- The Gershwin Album 1983
- Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in F / An American in Paris 1983
- Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto in F: versions for two pianos 1983
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: Appalachian Spring 1983
- Rhapsody in Blue / “I Got Rhythm” Variations / Catfish Row 1984
- George Gershwin: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F / Aaron Copland: Billy The Kid 1984
- Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris 1985
- Fascinatin' Rampal Plays Gershwin 1985
- Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F / American in Paris 1985
- Rhapsody in Blue / Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano / Preludes / Unpublished Piano Works 1985
- Piano Concerto 1986
