GEORGE GERSHWIN

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

• https://youtu.be/eFHdRkeEnpM
• Made in 1924
• They used one piano 2 flutes 2 oboes 2clarinets one bass clarinet 2 bassoons 2 alto saxophones one tuner saxophone 3 french horns one tuba 3 trumpets 3 trombones.

THIS SONG IS SUMMER TIME

• https://youtu.be/ixdJLXDT_QM
• Summertime was made in 1913
• They used string bass horn bells flute oboe bassoon clarinet saxophone trumpet tuba

THIS SONG IS I’VE GOT RHYTHM

• https://youtu.be/uPRiM5JvYx8
• 1910
• The piece was originally penned in the key of D flat major. The song melody used four notes of the five-note pentatonic scale first rising them falling.

DATE

• Born. In September 26,1896
• He died in July 11, 1937

FAMILY

• Morris and rose Gershvin got married in 1895 and had four children
• They had ira in 1896 and George in 1898, Arthur in 1900, Frances in 1906

George Gershwin started composing at the age of 11when his family bought a second hand piano for George Gershwin older sibling ira.

FACTS ABOUT GEORGE GERSHWIN

• He played a piano.
• He was a American composer.
• He made Rhapsody in blue and summer time.
• He painted

GEORGE GERSHWIN DIED OF BRAIN CANCER

• George Gershwin died in July 1937 at age 38, doctors said that the cause was brain cancer.

He had know wife and know kids and he started composing at the age 11 he worked with brother ira writing lyrics

Early in 1937 Gershwin began to complain of blinding headaches and he got diagnosed with a Brain tumor. An operation was unsuccessful and Gershwin died on July 11at the age of 38

George Gershwin wrote music for both broadway and classical pieces. With a major in fluent of jazz standards, Gershwin wrote compositions for films and for television.

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