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."

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer → human → pianist → songwriter →
activeYearsEnd	1937 →
activeYearsStart	1910s →
birthName	Jacob Bruskin Gershwine →
burialPlace	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	American Jews →
familyName	Gershwin →
father	Morris Gershwine →
fullName	George Gershwin →
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	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 →
residence	New York City →
sibling	Ira Gershwin →
wroteFor	Broadway theatre → concert hall → film →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Damsel in Distress → Funny Face → Girl Crazy (1943 film) → Shall We Dance → Strike Up the Band →	musicBy
A Damsel in Distress → Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book → Porgy and Bess →	composer
Jerome Kern → Maurice Ravel →	influenced
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → Gershwin Theatre →	namedAfter
Theatre Guild →	collaboratedWith
George Gershwin →	fullName
Westchester Hills Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Gershwin Theatre →	renamedInHonorOf
Fred Astaire →	workedWith