Gershwin, George

George Gershwin. George Gershwin (1898-1937) was a United States composer. Born 26 September 1898 in Brooklyn; died 11 July 1937 in Hollywood. 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), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit

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