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George Gershwin 1898 – 1937. An American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known wor...
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May 26, 2024 · George Gershwin was an iconic composer, who's works spanned opera, ochestra, Broadway and more. Many of his works like Rhapsody in Blue and the Summertime, are classics today. On this weeks ...
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A one hour illustrated talk on the life and work of George Gershwin, written and presented by the award-winning Gershwin specialist Jack Gibbons with Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of George...
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Jerry Gershwin. Jerome "Jerry" Gershwin (April 20, 1926 – September 17, 1997) was an American film producer. He was best known for his long collaboration with Elliott Kastner. [1] His credits include Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Harper (1966).
Mar 21, 2020 · In the introduction to his book, Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music, the renowned American musicologist Richard Crawford writes that Gershwin began his career as a “fresh voice of the Jazz Age” who “maintained the flavor and conviction of that voice through the better part of two decades.”
Born on September 26, 1898, as Jacob Gershovitz in Brooklyn, New York, George Gershwin was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His musical journey began early when the Gershwin family purchased a second-hand piano for his older brother, Ira.
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George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1898 as Jacob Gershowitz. He hailed from a Russian Jewish family. His father, Morris (Moishe) Gershowitz, changed the family name to Gershvin on immigrating to United States from St. Petersburg, Russia in the 1890s.
