George Gershwin
Born: 1898-09-26 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1937-07-11
Known For: Sound
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".
Filmography
2025
- Badineries ... (Music)
- Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival ... (Original Music Composer)
- Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025 ... (Compositor)
- The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music ... (Original Music Composer)
- New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 ... (Original Music Composer)
2024
- Magic Trap ... (Music)
- Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris ... (Compositor)
- Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival ... (Compositor)
- Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Chicken Hunter ... (Music)
2023
- Summertime ... (Music)
- New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève ... (Original Music Composer)
2022
- The Director's Cut ... (Compositor)
- Maestro ... (Music Producer)
- Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021 ... (Compositor)
- Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake ... (Music)
2021
- Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet ... (Music)
2020
- The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess ... (Songs)
- George Gershwin Alone ... (Music)
- Ritorno alla musica ... (Original Music Composer)
2018
2017
- Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla ... (Original Music Composer)
- Manhattan Magic ... (Music)
2015
- London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5 ... (Music)
2009
- The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess ... (Songs)
2002
- Porgy and Bess ... (Music)
2000
- Fantasia 2000 ... (Music)
1999
- Crazy for You ... (Musical)
1993
- Porgy and Bess ... (Music)
1990
- Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Self - Composer (archive footage)
1985
- A Strange Love Affair ... (Music)
1978
- Contact ... (Music)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Putting on the Ritz ... (Music)
1968
- The Jazz Age ... (Music)
1964
- Kiss Me, Stupid ... (Songs)
1959
- Porgy and Bess ... (Songs)
1957
- Funny Face ... (Original Music Composer)
1956
- Paris in the Springtime ... (Songs)
1951
- An American in Paris ... (Songs)
1950
- The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
1949
- The Barkleys of Broadway ... (Music)
1947
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim ... (Songs)
1945
- Ziegfeld Follies ... (Songs)
- Rhapsody in Blue ... (Songs)
1943
- Girl Crazy ... (Songs)
1941
- Lady Be Good ... (Music)
1940
- Strike Up the Band ... (Songs)
1938
- The Goldwyn Follies ... (Songs)
1937
- Shall We Dance ... (Original Music Composer)
- A Damsel in Distress ... (Songs)
1932
- Girl Crazy ... (Songs)
1931
- Delicious ... (Original Music Composer)
1930
- King of Jazz ... (Additional Music)
- The Song of the Flame ... (Songs)