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George Gershwin (26 Sep 1898 - 11 Jul 1937)

Male Person - United States composer

 Also known as (2)

Releases (159)

Official

Album

  1. Kiri Sings Gershwin 1987
  2. François-Joel Thiollier joue Gershwin 1987
  3. Gershwin: An American in Paris / Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F 1988
  4. An American in Paris (The Philadelphia Orchestra) 1988
  5. Music of George Gershwin 1988
  6. Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, An American in Paris 1990
  7. Rhapsody in Blue 1991
  8. Gershwin Collection 1992
  9. Porgy and Bess 1992
  10. The Best of George Gershwin, Volume 1 1992
  11. George Gershwin Song Book: 20 Instrumentals & Vocals 1992
  12. Fascinating Rhythms 1992
  13. Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls 09 Nov 1993
  14. Masters of the Roll: Rare Original Recordings From the Reproducing Piano by the Great masters of Classical Piano 1904 - 1935: A 32 CD Catalogue: Disc 5 1993
  15. Gershwin 1993
  16. George Gershwin Plays George Gershwin 22 Mar 1994
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. An American in Paris (1951 film cast) 1951
  2. Porgy and Bess - Performances From the Soundtrack 1974
  3. My One and Only 1989 1983 original Broadway cast
  4. Girl Crazy 13 Nov 1990 1990 studio cast
  5. Strike Up the Band (1927) 1991
  6. Crazy for You 19 May 1992 1992 original Broadway cast
  7. Crazy for You 1993 Original 1993 London cast
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Album - Compilation

  1. Gershwin's Greatest Hits 1984
  2. Classic Gershwin! 1987
  3. S'Wonderful 1988
  4. Rhapsody in Blue / Ein Amerikaner in Paris / Concerto in F 1989
  5. An American in Paris 1990 (as Gershwin)
  6. Konzert für Klavier und Orchester F-Dur / Rhapsody im Blue / Variationen auf "I Got Rhythm" 1990
  7. Gershwin Favorites 1991
  8. Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris 1991
  9. Greatest Hits 1991 (as Gershwin)
  10. Gershwin Performs Gershwin - Rare Recordings 1931-1935 1991
  11. The George Gershwin Gold Collection 1992
  12. The Best of George Gershwin 1992
  13. Favorites from the Classics: George Gershwin 1992
  14. Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Concerto in F 1992
  15. Classical Treasures 1993
  16. Greatest Hits 1993 (as Gershwin)
  17. Weekend Classics: Gershwin Weekend 1993
  18. Best of the Great Composers 13 1993
  19. The Basic Gershwin: Critic's Choice 1993
  20. Rhapsody in Blue 1993 Castle Communications 1993
  21. Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Highlights 1993
  22. George Gershwin and His Time 1993
  23. Greatest Hits 09 Aug 1994 (as Gershwin)
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Promotion

Album

  1. Rhapsody In Blue - The 1925 Piano Roll 1976
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Other

  1. Rhapsody in Blue 2008
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Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Gershwin Trio (1920) piano

Supporting For

  1. Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra piano

Siblings

  1. Ira Gershwin
  2. Arthur Gershwin
  3. Frances Gershwin

Romantically Involved With

  1. Kay Swift ( - 1937)

Recordings by (1,125)

  1. When You Want ’Em, You Can’t Get ’Em, When You’ve Got ’Em, You Don’t Want ’Em 1:58 (Sep 1916)
  2. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo 2:25 (Sep 1919)
  3. I Was So Young and You Were So Beautiful ?:?? (Oct 1919)
  4. Novelette in Fourths 2:41 (1919)
  5. Swanee ?:?? (Feb 1920)
  6. Idle Dreams 3:00 (Aug 1920)
  7. On My Mind the Whole Night Long 2:31 (Aug 1920)
  8. Scandal Walk 3:17 (Aug 1920)
  9. Drifting Along With the Tide 2:31 (Oct 1921)
  10. Kickin’ the Clouds Away ?:?? (Jul 1925)
  11. So Am I ?:?? (Sep 1925)
  12. Rhapsody in Blue, Part 2: Andantino and Finale ?:?? (1925) piano roll
  13. That Certain Feeling ?:?? (Apr 1926)
  14. Sweet and Low Down ?:?? (Apr 1926)
  15. Rhapsody in Blue, Part 1 ?:?? (1927) piano roll
  16. Someone to Watch Over Me 3:19 (1927)
  17. Clap Yo’ Hands 2:46 (1927) matrix W142931-1
  18. Maybe 3:17 (1927) matrix W142932-1
  19. Do Do Do 3:05 (1927) matrix W142924-4
  20. Embraceable You; The Man I Love / Gershwin; Arr. Chamberlain ?:?? (1950)
  21. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise 2:40 (1951)
  22. "Porgy and Bess": Tableau symphonique 24:34 (1961)
  23. Fascinating rhythm 2:57 (1964)
  24. s'Wonderful 1:33 (1964)
  25. Embraceable You 3:01 (1964)
  26. A Foggy Day 2:15 (1964)
  27. I Got Rhythm 3:14 (1964)
  28. Overture 5:19 (1974)
  29. Summertime 2:38 (1974)
  30. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing 1:57 (1974)
  31. The Wake: Gone, Gone, Gone Porgy's Prayer 3:21 (1974)
  32. My Man's Gone Now 4:00 (1974)
  33. I Got Plenty O'Nuttin' 3:08 (1974)
  34. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 5:13 (1974)
  35. Morning: Catfish Row 1:32 (1974)
  36. I Can't Sit Down 2:02 (1974)
  37. It Ain't Necessarily So 3:06 (1974)
  38. I Ain't Got No Shame 1:19 (1974)
  39. What Do You Want With Bess? 2:09 (1974)
  40. Street Cries: Strawberry Woman: Crab Man 2:27 (1974)
  41. I Loves You, Porgy 3:25 (1974)
  42. A Red-Headed Woman 1:09 (1974)
  43. Clara, Clara 2:14 (1974)
  44. There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York 2:17 (1974)
  45. Oh, Where's My Bess? 2:32 (1974)
  46. I'm on My Way 1:48 (1974)
  47. Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra: 2nd movement 4:32 (1976)
  48. Rhapsody in Blue (original version) 13:40 (1976)
  49. An American in Paris 18:33 (1976)
  50. Rhapsody in Blue 3:50 (1977)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Sweet and Low Down ?:?? George Gershwin (Apr 1926)
  2. Rhapsody in Blue, Part 1 ?:?? George Gershwin (1927)

Instruments

  1. When You Want ’Em, You Can’t Get ’Em, When You’ve Got ’Em, You Don’t Want ’Em 1:58 George Gershwin (Sep 1916) piano
  2. Ain’t You Coming Back to Dixieland 3:11 George Gershwin & Rudolph O. Erlebach (Jul 1917) piano
  3. For Your Country and My Country 2:36 Irving Berlin (Aug 1917) piano
  4. Some Sunday Morning ?:?? George Gershwin & Rudolph O. Erlebach (Jan 1918) piano
  5. The Land Where the Good Songs Go ?:?? George Gershwin, Rudolph O. Erlebach (Jul 1918) piano
  6. Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo 2:25 George Gershwin (Sep 1919) piano
  7. I Was So Young and You Were So Beautiful ?:?? George Gershwin (Oct 1919) piano
  8. Novelette in Fourths 2:41 George Gershwin (1919) piano
  9. Swanee ?:?? George Gershwin (Feb 1920) piano
  10. Whose Baby Are You? 2:39 Jerome Kern (May 1920) piano
  11. Left All Alone Again Blues ?:?? Jerome Kern (May 1920) piano
  12. On My Mind the Whole Night Long 2:31 George Gershwin (Aug 1920) piano
  13. Scandal Walk 3:17 George Gershwin (Aug 1920) piano
  14. Idle Dreams 3:00 George Gershwin (Aug 1920) piano
  15. Rock-a-Bye, Lullabye Mammy 3:23 Walter Donaldson (Jan 1921) piano
  16. Grieving for You ?:?? Joe Gold (Jan 1921) piano
  17. Make Believe 3:00 George Gershwin, Muriel Pollock (Mar 1921) piano
  18. Whip-poor-will ?:?? Jerome Kern (Mar 1921) piano
  19. Drifting Along With the Tide 2:31 George Gershwin (Oct 1921) piano
  20. Rhapsody in Blue: Part 2 4:50 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, (The Composer at the piano) (Oct 1924) piano
  21. Rhapsody in Blue: Part 1 4:35 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, (The Composer at the piano) (Oct 1924) piano
  22. Kickin’ the Clouds Away ?:?? George Gershwin (Jul 1925) piano
  23. So Am I ?:?? George Gershwin (Sep 1925) piano
  24. Rhapsody in Blue, Part 2: Andantino and Finale ?:?? George Gershwin (1925) piano
  25. That Certain Feeling ?:?? George Gershwin (Apr 1926) piano
  26. Sweet and Low Down ?:?? George Gershwin (Apr 1926) piano
  27. The Half of It Dearie Blues 2:52 Fred and Adele Astaire with George Gershwin, piano (Jun 1926) piano
  28. Hang On to Me 2:50 Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire feat. George Gershwin on piano (Aug 1926) piano
  29. I'd Rather Charleston! 2:56 Fred and Adele Astaire with George Gershwin, piano (Aug 1926) piano
  30. Rhapsody in Blue 9:00 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra The Composer at the piano (Jul 1927) piano
  31. Clap Yo’ Hands 2:46 George Gershwin (1927) solo, piano
  32. Do Do Do 3:05 George Gershwin (1927) solo, piano
  33. Maybe 3:17 George Gershwin (1927) solo, piano
  34. Rhapsody in Blue, Part 1 ?:?? George Gershwin (1927) piano
  35. Rhapsody in Blue 13:44 George Gershwin, Columbia Jazz Band, Michael Tilson Thomas (1976) piano
  36. Rhapsody in Blue 9:03 George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra (1981) piano
  37. Fascinating Rhythm 2:25 Fred Astaire feat. Adele Astaire (1984) piano
  38. Andante from: Rhapsody in Blue 2:30 George Gershwin (1986) piano
  39. Swanee from Capitol Revue 1:42 George Gershwin, The Fred Van Eps Quartet (1986) piano
  40. Rhapsody in Blue 13:20 George Gershwin, Denver Symphony Pops, Newton Wayland (1987) piano
  41. Twee‐Oodle‐Um Bum‐Bo 2:23 George Gershwin (1987) piano
  42. Kicking the Clouds Away 3:03 George Gershwin (1987) piano
  43. "Fleischmann Hour" 11/10/1932: II - Second Prelude 2:33 George Gershwin (1991) piano
  44. "Fleischmann Hour" 11/10/32: IV - I Got Rhythm 1:11 George Gershwin (1991) piano

Vocals

  1. "Music by Gershwin" 2/19/34: VI - Swanee; Sign-Off 1:16 George Gershwin (1991) spoken vocals
  2. "Music by Gershwin" 2/19/34: V - Commercial 0:59 George Gershwin (1991) spoken vocals
  3. "Music by Gershwin" 2/19/34: IV - I Got Rhythm 2:47 George Gershwin (1991) spoken vocals

Orchestrated

  1. Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. “Summertime” 2:42 New York Choral Artists, Kiri Te Kanawa, New Princess Theater Orchestra, John McGlinn (1987)

Credited as (540)

  1. George Gershwin
  2. Gershwin
  3. George Gershwin, Adele Astaire & Fred Astaire
  4. Scott Joplin & George Gershwin
  5. George Gershwin & Ferde Grofé
  6. George Gershwin with Van Eps Trio
  7. George Gershwin with Fred and Adele Astaire
  8. George Gershwin with an orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret
  9. George Gershwin with Rudy Vallée & His Orchestra
  10. George Gershwin with CBS Orchestra
  11. George Gershwin arr. John McGlinn
  12. George Gershwin with Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
  13. George Gershwin and Joel McNeely
  14. George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin
  15. Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin; Jaap van Zweden, The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet
  16. George & Ira Gershwin
  17. George Gershwin; Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Jeffrey Siegel
  18. Tchaikovsky, Gershwin; Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  19. George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein; Katia & Marielle Labèque
  20. George Gershwin; Katia & Marielle Labèque
  21. Gershwin, Foster, Weill, Berlin; Jascha Heifetz
  22. George Gershwin; Earl Wild, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
  23. Albéniz, Liszt, Barber, Gershwin; Eva Knardahl
  24. George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  25. George Gershwin; Angela Brownridge
  26. Gershwin; Jean-Pierre Rampal
  27. Gershwin; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas
  28. George Gershwin; Elizabeth Hayes
  29. George Gershwin, Romualds Grīnblats; Peter Pechersky
  30. Lerner & Loewe / George Gershwin
  31. George Gershwin / Jascha Heifetz
  32. George Gershwin and Irving Caesar
  33. George Gershwin & Roger Edens
  34. Copland, Barber, Gershwin; Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis, April Fredrick
  35. George Gershwin & Will Donaldson
  36. Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin; Pro Arte Guitar Trio
  37. George Gershwin; Dag Achatz
  38. Ferrero, Gershwin, Gorb, Lindberg; Swedish Wind Ensemble, Christian Lindberg
  39. George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein; Garrick Ohlsson, Edo de Waart, Minnesota Orchestra
  40. George Gershwin; Leonard Bernstein
  41. George Gershwin; Joshua Bell, London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
  42. George Gershwin; Jeffrey Siegel, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
  43. Maurice Ravel
  44. Gershwin; Marcus Roberts Trio, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  45. Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Grieg, Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Prokofiev, Gershwin
  46. Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein
  47. George Gershwin, Arthur Jackson
  48. George Gershwin; Alexis Weissenberg, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  49. George Gershwin; Miles Davis
  50. George Gershwin & Walter Donaldson
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Works (507)

Composed

  1. The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag) (1918)
  2. Swanee (1919)
  3. Lullaby (1919)
  4. Lullaby (1919)
  5. Boy Wanted (1921)
  6. I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922)
  7. Stiagn bis ins Himmelreich (1922)
  8. Blue Monday: A One Act Jazz Opera (1922)
  9. The Yankee Doodle Blues (1922)
  10. Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
  11. Fascinatin’ Rhythm (1924)
  12. Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
  13. Fascinating Rhythm (1924)
  14. Oh, Lady Be Good! (1924)
  15. “The Half of It, Dearie” Blues (1924)
  16. Somebody Loves Me (1924)
  17. The Man I Love (1924)
  18. Wahnsinniger Rhythmus (1924)
  19. Mia zwa (1924)
  20. Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
  21. Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
  22. The Man I Love (1924)
  23. Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
  24. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major: II. Adagio - Andante con moto (1925)
  25. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major: III. Allegro agitato (1925)
  26. Looking for a Boy (1925)
  27. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major (1925)
  28. That Certain Feeling (1925)
  29. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major: I. Allegro (1925)
  30. Tell Me More! (1925)
  31. Short Story (1925)
  32. Die die aufpasst auf mi (1926)
  33. Three Preludes: No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)
  34. Someone to Watch Over Me (1926)
  35. Clap Yo’ Hands (1926)
  36. Three Preludes: No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)
  37. Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (1926)
  38. Three Preludes (1926)
  39. Someone to Watch Over Me (1926)
  40. Preludes for Piano: No. 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)
  41. Preludes for piano No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso (1926)
  42. Preludes for Piano: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (1926)
  43. Prelude no. 1 (1926)
  44. Prelude no. 2 (1926)
  45. Let’s Kiss and Make Up (1927)
  46. He Loves and She Loves (1927)
  47. Strike Up the Band (1927)
  48. Funny Face (1927)
  49. Soon (1927)
  50. ’S Wonderful (1927)
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Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. [concert] piano
  2. [concert] piano

Links (31)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.gershwin.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://soundtrackcollector.com/composer/33/
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119493251
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-832382
  4. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=5813
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/george_gershwin
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79077265
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79077265
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL67761A
  9. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x065dx
  10. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102427
  11. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118639226

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/George+Gershwin

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Gershwin,_George

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/261293

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000197918

Vgmdb

  1. https://vgmdb.net/artist/3143

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006097/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/61554329

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123829

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2213

Stream For Free

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Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id10829
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Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APTGYG

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/10829

Biographies

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/gershwin.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Gershwin_1937.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/65744963-191a-44ef-a3c7-b693a808a158

Social Networking

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