George Gershwin

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composer human pianist songwriter

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist renowned for blending classical music with jazz and popular styles in works such as "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris."

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George Gershwin canonical 132
George Gershwin (music used) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1937 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
birthName Jacob Bruskin Gershwine ⓘ
burialPlace Westchester Hills Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
collaboratedWith Ira Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1937-07-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
surface form: American Jews
familyName Ira Gershwin ⓘ
surface form: Gershwin
father Rose Bruskin Gershwine ⓘ
surface form: Morris Gershwine
fullName George Gershwin self-link ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
influenced 20th-century classical music ⓘ
American popular music ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Rose Bruskin Gershwine ⓘ
movement M. Witmark & Sons ⓘ
surface form: Tin Pan Alley
notableFor blending classical music with jazz and popular styles ⓘ
notableWork An American in Paris ⓘ
Concerto in F ⓘ
Cuban Overture ⓘ
Embraceable You ⓘ
I Got Rhythm ⓘ
Porgy and Bess ⓘ
Rhapsody in Blue ⓘ
Summertime ⓘ
The Man I Love ⓘ
notableWorkType Broadway musical ⓘ
opera ⓘ
orchestral composition ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
sibling Ira Gershwin ⓘ
wroteFor Broadway ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

concert hall ⓘ
film ⓘ

Referenced by (133)

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Fred Astaire → workedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Theatre Guild → collaboratedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Girl Crazy (1943 film) → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Strike Up the Band → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Maurice Ravel → influenced → George Gershwin ⓘ
Shall We Dance → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Funny Face → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
A Damsel in Distress → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
A Damsel in Distress → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
George Gershwin → fullName → George Gershwin self-link ⓘ
Jerome Kern → influenced → George Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → namedAfter → George Gershwin ⓘ
Porgy and Bess → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Theatre → renamedInHonorOf → George Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Theatre → namedAfter → George Gershwin ⓘ
Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → George Gershwin ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Embraceable You → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Embraceable You → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → hasCreator → George Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → associatedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → George Gershwin ⓘ
Warner Chappell Music → hasNotableSongwriter → George Gershwin ⓘ
But Not for Me → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
But Not for Me → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Our Love Affair → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Our Love Affair → hasComposer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Ira Gershwin → sibling → George Gershwin ⓘ
Ira Gershwin → collaboratedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Ethel Merman → workedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Girl Crazy → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Girl Crazy (stage musical)
Girl Crazy → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Girl Crazy (1943 film)
Leo Reisman → associatedAct → George Gershwin ⓘ
An American in Paris → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
An American in Paris → composerOfSourceMaterial → George Gershwin ⓘ
Guy Bolton → collaboratedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Paul Whiteman → collaboratedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Mary Holden → musicByInWork → George Gershwin ⓘ
Buddy DeSylva → collaboratedWith → George Gershwin ⓘ
Bobby Short → performedRepertoireBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Swanee → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern → featuresCompositionsBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern → basedOnWorkBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → composer → George Gershwin ⓘ
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → musicBy → George Gershwin ⓘ