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 jazz-hands cool-jazz
Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
music inspiration people
True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
vibrations found certain
Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.
music jazz best-things
Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.
ideas use originality
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.
piano white differences
Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.
piano littles talent
I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.
music heart noise
I frequently hear music in the heart of noise.
writing blue three
It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.
normal mood fingers
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
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.
ideas use strange
Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.
writing symphony people
All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.