George Gershwin
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- September 26, 1898
- Died
- July 11, 1937
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".
Filmography
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Riccardo Chailly & Frank Dupree @ Lucerne Festival 2026 2026
Original Music Composer
Concerto per Milano 2026 - Hayato Sumino plays Gershwin 2026
Original Music Composer
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 2025
Original Music Composer
Badineries 2025
Music
Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025 2025
Compositor
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna 2025
Original Music Composer
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music 2025
Original Music Composer
Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2025
Original Music Composer
Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris 2024
Compositor
The Chicken Hunter 2024
Music
Magic Trap 2024
Music
Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival 2024
Compositor
Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra 2024
Original Music Composer
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève 2023
Original Music Composer
Summertime 2023
Music
Maestro 2022
Music Producer
The Director's Cut 2022
Compositor
Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake 2022
Music
Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021 2022
Compositor
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet 2021
Music
George Gershwin Alone 2020
Music
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera 2020
Songs, Original Music Composer
Ritorno alla musica 2020
Original Music Composer
Gershwin: The American Classic 2018
Actor
An American in Paris: The Musical 2018
Musical, Original Music Composer
Manhattan Magic 2017
Music
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5 2015
Music
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess 2009
Songs
Butterfly 2008
Compositor
Porgy and Bess 2002
Music
Fantasia 2000 2000
Music
Crazy for You 1999
Musical
Porgy and Bess 1993
Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
Dance Crazy in Hollywood 1990
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
A Strange Love Affair 1985
Music
Contact 1978
Music
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Putting on the Ritz 1974
Music
Kiss Me, Stupid 1964
Songs
Porgy and Bess 1959
Songs, Original Music Composer
Funny Face 1957
Original Music Composer, Songs
Paris in the Springtime 1956
Songs
An American in Paris 1951
Songs, Original Music Composer
The Golden Twenties 1950
as Self (archive footage)
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949
Music
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947
Songs, Original Music Composer
Ziegfeld Follies 1945
Songs
Rhapsody in Blue 1945
Songs, Original Music Composer
Girl Crazy 1943
Songs, Original Music Composer
Lady Be Good 1941
Music, Songs
Strike Up the Band 1940
Songs, Original Music Composer
The Goldwyn Follies 1938
Songs, Original Music Composer
A Damsel in Distress 1937
Songs, Original Music Composer
Shall We Dance 1937
Original Music Composer, Songs
Girl Crazy 1932
Songs
Delicious 1931
Original Music Composer, Songs
The Song of the Flame 1930
Songs
King of Jazz 1930
Additional Music
Credits from TMDB.