George Gershwin
昨晚，在纽泽西NJPAC听了一场juzz 交响乐音乐会，it is“ celebrate Opening night of the New Jerseu symphony orchestra’s 90th season” .
其中一段管弦乐蓝色狂想曲Rhapsody in blue，是美国作曲家和钢琴家乔治·格什温的作品。
很有纽约味。音乐是很奇妙的，其他几段都不甚入耳，格什温的作品听了会有共鸣，不朽的就是不朽。
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist.[1][2] Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, as well as the opera Porgy and Bess.
Gershwin Born in Brooklyn to a Ukrainian father of Jewish descent and a Russian mother, Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark and Henry Cowell. He began his career as a song plugger, but soon thereafter started composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris in an attempt to study with Nadia Boulanger, where he began to compose An American in Paris. After returning to New York City, he wrote Porgy and Bess with Ira and author DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, Porgy and Bess is now considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century. Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores until his death in 1937 from a brain tumor.
Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and
on television, and several became jazz standards recorded in many variations.
Countless singers and musicians have recorded his songs.
