George Gershwin

Born: Jacob Gershwin, 26 Sep. 1898, Brooklyn, NY
Died: 10 July 1937, Los Angeles, CA
U.S. Opera
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Operas

About George Gershwin

Better known today for his musicals and popular songs, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is one of the most successful operas of the twentieth century. Blue Moday, written during Gershwin's early years on Broadway, is more of a series of popular songs strung together with recitative.


Videography

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