George Gershwin

George Gershwin, born Jacob Gershowitz ( Brooklyn , New York City , September 26th 1898 - Hollywood , July 11 1937 ) was an American composer . Gershwin was well known for hisWORK on the boundary of the existing classical genre and emerging jazz .



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*  ==Life == Gershwin was born as the son of Russian - Jewish immigrants. Gershwin began his career around 1916 as a composer of songs in what we in the United States called  TinPAN Alley. This meant that a song composer his music played in a store where music was sold, with the aim of increasing the sales of his music. In much of his work wrote his brother Ira the lyrics.
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Soon received national recognition inAMERICA Gershwin and he came into contact with theater producers. He began writing musicals for Broadway that were great successes. He wrote, for example, contribute to some of the Ziegfield Follies. He also wrote the music for musicals as Lady, Be Good!, Oh, Kay, Funny Face (later filmed with starring Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn ),  Showgirl Strike up the Band, Crazy for You and Of Thee I Sing.

His "Song Books" are put through various singers on record and on CD. One of the most famous collections is sung by Ella Fitzgerald .

Despite his great achievements satisfied light genre him. He wanted to be a serious classical composer to be seen. His first and most important attempt was the writing of the Rhapsody in Blue, which can be regarded as an attempt to bring classical music andJAZZ together. The work began in 1924 and was first performed by the composer on piano and the (dance) orchestra of Paul Whiteman . The American composer Ferde Grofé the piece has been edited later for piano and symphony orchestra. That version would be that went into the history and which is now also always played.

Further attempts to be taken seriously in classical music were his Concerto in F (a piano concerto ) and An American in Paris . Also this music was soon in (musical) films used and even now Gershwin did not get the recognition he sought.

ON ONE of his European tours in 1928 Gershwin sought contact with the composers Igor Stravinsky , Poulenc , Darius Milhaud and Ravel . He asked in particular Ravel or who wanted to give him lessons in composition. Ravel would - according to tradition - when answered, "Why do you want to become a second-rate Ravel when you are already a first Gershwin" With Arnold Schönberg, who lived after his escape from fascist Germany in the US, covenant not just him respect but also friendship.

Gershwin then sat down to compose hisMASTERPIECE, the opera Porgy and Bess, which in 1935 was completed and in which all roles performed were sung by black singers. Only a few very minor "speaking" roles were played by whites. During his life this opera was far from successful. He was therefore deeply disappointed. Today, the opera is sometimes appreciated but not often staged, because it appears to be difficult to find a suitable occupation.

Meanwhile the symptoms of a brain tumor occurred to him and he died soon afterwards at the age of 38. He died a rich man, but had not received the recognition in hisLIFE that he so badly wanted. After his death, his work gained more appreciation (even among lovers of classical music) and are typically also performed classicalWORKS regularly in concert halls. ==Work <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Some of the most famousWORKS are:

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 * Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
 * Concerto in F (1925)
 * Preludes : 3 pieces (in resp Berry, cis and ash.) published by NewWORLD Musc Corp., in 1927 and 5 pieces by Alicia Zizzo composed or edited manuscripts, published by Warner Bros. in 1996
 * An American in Paris (1928)
 * Of Thee I Sing (1931)
 * Second Rhapsody (1931)
 * Cuban Overture (1932)
 * Porgy and Bess (1935)CONTAINING the song / aria Summertime