George Gershwin was an American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, the songs "Swanee" and "Fascinating Rhythm", the jazz standard "I Got Rhythm", and the opera Porgy and Bess, which gave birth to the hit "Summertime".Wikipedia
Born:
Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Died:
July 11, 1937, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place:
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