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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
jazz composition written
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.