George Gershwin 2 pictures

Soundtrack, Music Department, Composer
He was born Jacob Gershowitz, 26 September 1898, in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian-Jewish immigrants. As a boy he could play popular and classical works on his brother Ira's piano by ear. In 1913 he quit school to study music and began composing for Tin Pan Alley; by 1919 he had his first hit "Swanee" and his first Broadway show "La, La, Lucille."...

Born: September 26, 1898
Star sign: Libra
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Known for: Catch Me If You Can (2002), L.A. Confidential (1997), Didysis Getsbis (2013), The Aviator (2004)
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The Nashville Symphony and Sunrise Entertainment proudly present a Two Hour Symphonic Celebration of GEORGE GERSHWIN from the critically acclaimed Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tennessee in 2008.
George Gershwin, 1929.