Jacob Gershwin
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CHILDHOOD
- Parents: Morris and Rosa Gershwin
- Siblings: Ira, Frances and Arthur Gershwin
- He born in United States
- Within a few years, he became a composer of jazz, opera and popular songs for stage and screen
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
- George was 5 ft. 11 in.
- George was a painter
- George’s most famous opera is Porgy and Bess
- George wrote over 500 songs (don’t know the exact number)
INFLUENCES
- Gershwin was influenced by French composers of the early twentieth century
- Maurice Ravel was the main composer to influence George Gershwin
- Maurice was impressed with George’s abilities
DEATH
- George’s resting place was Westchester Hills Cemetery
- George died from a brain cancer called glioblastoma
- George was 38 years old when he died
FIRST COMPOSITION
- It was called When You Want Em, You Can’t Get Em
- George was 17 years old when he played this song
- It was played in 1916
- The song earned him 50 cents
EARLY YEARS’S AS A COMPOSER
- George Gershwin dropped out of school at age 15
- Gershwin played in several New York nightclubs and began his stint as a “song-plugger” in New York's Tin Pan Alley.
- After three years of pounding out tunes on the piano for demanding customers, he had transformed into a highly skilled and dexterous composer.
AFTERMATH AND ASSESSMENT
- By July, Gershwin exhibited impaired motor skills and drastic weight loss, and he required assistance in walking
- He lapsed into a coma on July 9, and a spinal tap revealed the presence of a brain tumor
- Gershwin never regained consciousness and died during surgery two days later.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
- https://youtu.be/eFHdRkeEnpM
- Rhapsody in blue was in a 1300’s film, The Great Gatsby
- It was first played on February 12, 1924
- George did the jazz composition, solo
- He played at Aeolian Hall, New York City, New York US
