George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwinwas an American composer and pianist. 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 Blueand An American in Parisas well as the opera Porgy and Bess...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth26 September 1898
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
frequently music
I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.
music people repeat time true
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.
america musical age
Modern European composers...have very largely received their stimulus, their rhythms and impulses from Machine Age America. They have a much older tradition of musical technique which has helped them put into musical terms a little more clearly the thoughts that originated here. They can express themselves more glibly.
music heart noise
I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.
music jazz best-things
Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.
music inspiration people
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
music jazz-hands cool-jazz
Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
mother modest extraordinary-things
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.
roots track tragedy
Gershwin's tragedy was not that he failed to cross the tracks, but rather that he did, and once there in his new habitat, was deprived of the chance to plunge his roots firmly into the new soil.
summer baby sky
Summertime And the living is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich And your mama's good lookin' So hush little baby now don't you cry One of these mornin's You're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings And take to the sky But til that mornin' Ain't nothin' can harm you With your daddy And your mammy standin' by.
america energy jazz
Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.
simple thinking tasks
It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.
work want hell
What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!
jazz composition written
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.