GEORGE GERSHWIN

GEORGE GERSHWIN’S CHILDHOOD

• After dropping out of school at Age 15 Gershwin earned an income by making piano roles for player pianos.
• George Gershwin began his entrance into music at age 11 with his family.
• Gershwin was born Jacob Gershowitz September 26, 1898

GEORGE GERSHWIN’S CHILDHOOD

• George Gershwin was born into a Russian Jewish immigrant family
• He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Then he moved to Hollywood California.
• Him and his brother Ira became excellent painters.
• He was inspired by Maurice Ravel.
• Gershwin's outstanding opera Porgy and Bess, when first performed in 1935, was a flop.

GEORGE GERSHWIN CHILDHOOD

• He was born in Brooklyn, New York.Then he moved to Hollywood California.
• He studied piano with the noted instructor Charles Hambitzer,

FACTS ABOUT GEORGE GERSHWIN

• He was a good song writer and composer
• He was one of the greatest composers of his time
• He died at age 38 of a brain tumor.

FACTS ABOUT GEORGE GERSHWIN

• He died from a failed brain surgery
• He had chronic Anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder
• He did not have middle name

HIS SONGS

• He wrote more than 500 songs in 39 years.
• His first song was “When You Want 'Em You Can't Get 'Em (When You've Got 'Em You Don't Want 'Em),”
• His last song was “Love Is Here to Stay”

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

• https://youtu.be/eFHdRkeEnpM
• This was his most famous piece

OH LADY BE GOOD

• https://youtu.be/MakWx-k6MIM

RIALTO RIPPLES

HIS SONGS

• (1924,Lady Be Good,)
• (1924, Oh Okay!)
• (1926, Funny Face)
• (1927-1930, Strike Up The Band)
• (1930, Girl Crazy)
• those are just some not all.

WHAT WEBSITES I USED

• https://vedderentertainment.com/
• Wikipedia
• CMUSE