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Composer
George Gershwin
- Born September 26, 1898 in New York City, New York, USA
- Died July 11, 1937
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".
Known for
Fantasia 20002000
Funny Face1957
An American in Paris1951
Kiss Me, Stupid1964
Shall We Dance1937
Ziegfeld Follies1945
The Barkleys of Broadway1949
King of Jazz1930
Filmography
- TBAConcerto Bernstein-GershwinFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays GershwinFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Riccardo Chailly & Frank Dupree @ Lucerne Festival 2026FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025BadineriesFilmMusic
- 2025Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025FilmCompositor
- 2025Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music FestivalFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in musicFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2025OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro TavernaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2024Magic TrapFilmMusic
- 2024Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in ParisFilmCompositor
- 2024Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern FestivalFilmCompositor
- 2024The Chicken HunterFilmMusic
- 2024Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber OrchestraFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023SummertimeFilmMusic
- 2023New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane DenèveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2022The Director's CutFilmCompositor
- 2022Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing CakeFilmMusic
- 2022MaestroFilmMusic Producer
- 2022Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021FilmCompositor
- 2021Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to BalletFilmMusic
- 2020Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan OperaFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 2020George Gershwin AloneFilmMusic
- 2020Ritorno alla musicaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018An American in Paris: The MusicalFilmMusical, Original Music Composer
- 2018Gershwin: The American ClassicFilm
- 2017Hudební perličky Pavla ŠporclaSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2017Manhattan MagicFilmMusic
- 2015London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5FilmMusic
- 2009The Gershwins' Porgy and BessFilmSongs
- 2008ButterflyFilmCompositor
- 2002Porgy and BessFilmMusic
- 2000Fantasia 2000FilmMusic
- 1999Crazy for YouFilmMusical
- 1993Porgy and BessFilmMusic, Songs, Original Music Composer
- 1990Dance Crazy in HollywoodFilmSelf - Composer (archive footage)
- 1985A Strange Love AffairFilmMusic
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesMusic
- 1978ContactFilmMusic
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1974Putting on the RitzFilmMusic
- 1968The Jazz AgeSeriesMusic
- 1964Kiss Me, StupidFilmSongs
- 1959Porgy and BessFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1957Funny FaceFilmOriginal Music Composer, Songs
- 1956Paris in the SpringtimeFilmSongs
- 1951An American in ParisFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1950The Golden TwentiesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1949The Barkleys of BroadwayFilmMusic
- 1947The Shocking Miss PilgrimFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1945Ziegfeld FolliesFilmSongs
- 1945Rhapsody in BlueFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1943Girl CrazyFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1941Lady Be GoodFilmMusic, Songs
- 1940Strike Up the BandFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1938The Goldwyn FolliesFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1937Shall We DanceFilmOriginal Music Composer, Songs
- 1937A Damsel in DistressFilmSongs, Original Music Composer
- 1932Girl CrazyFilmSongs
- 1931DeliciousFilmOriginal Music Composer, Songs
- 1930King of JazzFilmAdditional Music
- 1930The Song of the FlameFilmSongs