GEORGE GERSHWIN

FAMILY

• Father:Morris Gershwin Mother: Rosa Gershwin
• Siblings: Ira,Arthur, and Frances Gershwin

CHILDHOOD

• Job: a song plugger
• George was a musician when a child
• He Dropped out of school at the age of 15
• Was born in Brooklyn, New york
• Also has lived in Los Angeles, California where he passed away due to a brain tumor at the age of 38

ERA OF MUSIC

• George composed in the jazz era
• He had a few musical influences but his favorite was Maurice Ravel
• Maurice was a French composer

INSTRUMENT AND OPERAS

• George was best know for playing the piano
• He also composed operas such as “Porgy And Bess” and “Catfish Row”

FACTS

• George Gershwin’s birth name is actually Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz
• He was known as the father of American jazz

George studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark,Henry cowell, and Joseph Brody

After he was done being a song plugger he started composing Broadway theater works with his brother Ira Gershwin and a American songwriter,film producer, and record executive Buddy DeSylva

LOVE LIFE

• George had a ten year affair with composer Kay swift
• They never got married
• But Kay eventually divorced her husband in order to commit to the relationship.
• And he might have a long lost son

MORE FACTS

• George not only loved music but he also loved to paint
• George loved parties
• He also dated a lot of glamorous women
• He was best known for jazz

SONGS

• https://youtu.be/VAuTouBhN5k
• https://youtu.be/oQdeTbUDCiw
• https://youtu.be/1A76ISHx_Wg
• The third one I chose is my favorite because it has a bunch of different beats and sounds in it

SONG NAMES

• The first one was rhapsody in blue
• The second one was I got Rythm
• And the third one was Cuban overture

WEBSITES

• www.classicfm.com
• www.cmuse.org
• biography.yourdictionary.com
• www.wikipedia.org