Known For
Sound
Born
Sep 26, 1898
Died
Jul 11, 1937
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
60 titles
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".
Known For
Filmography
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025
Original Music Composer
Badineries
Music
Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025
Compositor
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
Original Music Composer
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
Original Music Composer
Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Original Music Composer
Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris
Compositor
The Chicken Hunter
Music
Magic Trap
Music
Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
Compositor
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Original Music Composer
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève
Original Music Composer
Summertime
Music
Maestro
Music Producer
The Director's Cut
Compositor
Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
Music
Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021
Compositor
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Music
George Gershwin Alone
Music
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
Songs
Ritorno alla musica
Original Music Composer
Gershwin: The American Classic
An American in Paris: The Musical
Musical
Manhattan Magic
Music
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
Original Music Composer
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
Music
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Songs
Butterfly
Compositor
Porgy and Bess
Music
Fantasia 2000
Music
Crazy for You
Musical
Porgy and Bess
Music
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Self - Composer (archive footage)
A Strange Love Affair
Music
American Playhouse
Music
Contact
Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Putting on the Ritz
Music
The Jazz Age
Music
Kiss Me, Stupid
Songs
Porgy and Bess
Songs
Funny Face
Original Music Composer
Paris in the Springtime
Songs
An American in Paris
Songs
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
The Barkleys of Broadway
Music
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Songs
Ziegfeld Follies
Songs
Rhapsody in Blue
Songs
Girl Crazy
Songs