George Gershwin
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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".
Also known as
Jacob Gershowitz · Jacob Gershwine · Д. Гершвин
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American Playhouse
1982 · TV
Fantasia 2000
2000 · Movie
Funny Face
1957 · Movie
An American in Paris
1951 · Movie
The Jazz Age
1968 · TV
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
2020 · Movie
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Movie
Shall We Dance
1937 · Movie
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009 · Movie
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964 · Movie
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
2017 · TV
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
2024 · Movie