George Gershwin - Wikipedia
George Gershwin (/ ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn /; 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 ...
George Gershwin | Biography, Songs, & Facts | Britannica
2024年9月22日 · George Gershwin (born September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died July 11, 1937, Hollywood, California) was one of the most significant and popular American composers of all time. He wrote primarily for the Broadway musical theatre, but important as well are his orchestral and piano compositions in which he blended, in varying degrees ...
George Gershwin - Songs, Brother & Jazz - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Gershwin was born Jacob Gershowitz on September 26, 1898, in Brooklyn, New York. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Gershwin began his foray into music at age 11 when his family bought a ...
George Gershwin: 15 facts about the great composer
1. Humble origins. George Gershwin was born in New York City into a Russian Jewish immigrant family. As a boy, George frequented the local Yiddish theatres, ran errands for them and appeared onstage as an extra. Around the age of 10, he took to playing the piano his parents had bought for his older brother Ira. 2. 'The boy is a genius'
乔治·格什温 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
2024年1月28日 · 乔治·格什温 （英语： George Gershwin，1898年9月26日—1937年7月11日）， 美国 作曲家 、 钢琴家。. 出生于 纽约 布鲁克林 的一个 俄国 犹太 移民 家庭，原名 雅各布·布鲁斯金·格肖维茨 （Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz）。. 格什温最大的贡献是把 古典音乐 的风格与 爵 …
George Gershwin
George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1898, was the second son of Russian immigrants. As a boy, George was anything but studious, and it came as a wonderful surprise to his family that he had secretly been learning to play the piano.
George Gershwin Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life
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 …
About composer George Gershwin | American Masters | PBS
2006年6月7日 · George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, but was soon...
George Gershwin summary | Britannica
George Gershwin, orig. Jacob Gershvin, (born Sept. 26, 1898, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died July 11, 1937, Hollywood, Calif.), U.S. composer. Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, he heard jazz performed live from about age six. In his teens he worked as a song plugger (playing piano in Tin Pan Alley to demonstrate sheet music for potential customers ...
George Gershwin - Songwriters Hall of Fame
George Gershwin was born in New York City on September 26, 1898, as "Jacob Gershvin" - a child of a Russian immigrant whose original name was Gershovitz but adapted to the Americanized "Gershwin". He grew up in New York City and his precocious talent for music started early on a piano bought for his older brother Ira.