George Gershwin

1898 - 1937

2 upcoming concerts with music by George Gershwin and 53 in total on Live Klassisk.

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928) and his Piano Concerto (1925), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, although as composer, he did not participate in rec

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Most played works

Works by George Gershwin on Live Klassisk, counted across all 53 concerts. Upcoming ones first.

• Rhapsody in Blue12 concerts · 2 upcoming
• Summertime6 concerts
• An American in Paris6 concerts
• Cuban Overture4 concerts
• Three Preludes3 concerts
• Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now3 concerts
• Someone to Watch Over Me2 concerts
• Porgy and Bess2 concerts
• Piano Concerto2 concerts
• They Can't Take That Away from Me1 concerts