GEORGE GERSHWIN

George Gershwin brought Broadway song, jazz harmony, and concert form into a single public language. A composer and pianist from the USA, he wrote Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess, and many songs with Ira Gershwin. His music remains central to the meeting of popular song and the concert hall.

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