Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Bio
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. He rose to prominence recording stage tunes for the Aeolian Company and eventually began composing for Broadway. By the 20s his compositions were marked by his jazz-classical fusion and he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger. He reached out to Ravel as well but was famously turned down by the master who said, "Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?" Tragically, his life was cut short by a brain tumor and he passed at only 38 years of age.
Music
Rhapsody in Blue
An American in Paris
Piano Concerto in F major
Second Rhapsody
Cuban Overture
Catfish Row
Three Preludes
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