George Gershwin
Known for: Sound
Born: September 26, 1898
Died: July 11, 1937
Place of birth: 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".
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Filmography
57 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025
2025
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Badineries
2025
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Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025
2025
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Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
2025
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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
2025
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OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
2025
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Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris
2024
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The Chicken Hunter
2024
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Magic Trap
2024
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Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
2024
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Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” with Yuja Wang With the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
2024
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New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève
2023
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Summertime
2023
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Maestro
2022
10.0
The Director's Cut
2022
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Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
2022
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Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021
2022
8.0
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
2021
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George Gershwin Alone
2020
9.5
Porgy and Bess - Metropolitan Opera
2020
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Ritorno alla musica
2020
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Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
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An American in Paris: The Musical
2018NR
Manhattan Magic
20176.0
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla
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London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
2015
10.0
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
2009
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Butterfly
200810.0
Porgy and Bess
2002
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Fantasia 2000
2000
7.5
Crazy for You
1999
7.2
Porgy and Bess
1993
6.0
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
4.3
A Strange Love Affair
1985
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.1
Contact
1978
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
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Putting on the Ritz
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The Jazz Age
1968
7.0
Kiss Me, Stupid
1964
6.3
Porgy and Bess
1959
7.0
Funny Face
1957
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Paris in the Springtime
1956
7.0
An American in Paris
1951
7.0
The Golden Twenties
1950
6.9
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
8.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
6.6
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
5.6
Girl Crazy
1943
5.5
Lady Be Good
1941
6.6
Strike Up the Band
1940
5.2
The Goldwyn Follies
1938
6.5
A Damsel in Distress
1937
7.3
Shall We Dance
1937
4.3
Girl Crazy
1932
6.5
Delicious
1931
5.7
The Song of the Flame
1930
6.3
King of Jazz
1930
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Concerto Bernstein-Gershwin
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