Person
George Gershwin
Sound · 1898–1937 · New York City, New York, USA
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
American Playhouse
Music
Fantasia 2000
Music
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Self - Composer (archive footage)
Funny Face
Original Music Composer
An American in Paris
Songs
The Jazz Age
Music
Contact
Music
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
Original Music Composer
Magic Trap
Music
Kiss Me, Stupid
Songs
Filmography
- 2025New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025Original Music Composer
- 2025BadineriesMusic
- 2025Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025Compositor
- 2025Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music FestivalOriginal Music Composer
- 2025The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in musicOriginal Music Composer
- 2025OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro TavernaOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in ParisCompositor
- 2024The Chicken HunterMusic
- 2024Magic TrapMusic
- 2024Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern FestivalCompositor
- 2024Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber OrchestraOriginal Music Composer
- 2023New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane DenèveOriginal Music Composer
- 2023SummertimeMusic
- 2022MaestroMusic Producer
- 2022The Director's CutCompositor
- 2022Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing CakeMusic
- 2022Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021Compositor
- 2021Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to BalletMusic
- 2020George Gershwin AloneMusic
- 2020The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and BessSongs
- 2020Ritorno alla musicaOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Gershwin: The American Classic
- 2018An American in Paris: The MusicalMusical
- 2017Manhattan MagicMusic
- 2017Hudební perličky Pavla ŠporclaOriginal Music Composer
- 2015London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5Music
- 2009The Gershwins' Porgy and BessSongs
- 2002Porgy and BessMusic
- 2000Fantasia 2000Music
- 1999Crazy for YouMusical
- 1993Porgy and BessMusic
- 1990Dance Crazy in HollywoodSelf - Composer (archive footage)
- 1985A Strange Love AffairMusic
- 1982American PlayhouseMusic
- 1978ContactMusic
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
- 1974Putting on the RitzMusic
- 1968The Jazz AgeMusic
- 1964Kiss Me, StupidSongs
- 1959Porgy and BessSongs
- 1957Funny FaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Paris in the SpringtimeSongs
- 1951An American in ParisSongs
- 1950The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage)
- 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayMusic
- 1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimSongs
- 1945Ziegfeld FolliesSongs
- 1945Rhapsody in BlueSongs
- 1943Girl CrazySongs
- 1941Lady Be GoodMusic
- 1940Strike Up the BandSongs
- 1938The Goldwyn FolliesSongs
- 1937A Damsel in DistressSongs
- 1937Shall We DanceOriginal Music Composer
- 1932Girl CrazySongs
- 1931DeliciousOriginal Music Composer
- 1930The Song of the FlameSongs
- 1930King of JazzAdditional Music
- —Concerto Bernstein-GershwinOriginal Music Composer
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