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George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He was born Jacob Gershowitz in Brooklyn, New York to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, the second of four children. George wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works together with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success. Perhaps most notably his epic works An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue which has been featured on many classical music compilations, the animated Disney movie Fantasia 2000, and has been popularly revered as one of the greatest pieces of classical music of the 20th century.

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MEDicINeMAN_ wrote:
last week

Best composer ever to hit the piano!!!

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gabbynewneo wrote:
24 days ago

I love Gershwin :)

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OSaCanUC wrote:
last month

Hey! Check out the new "American Classical Music" group! Join if you like! :o)

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aaronws wrote:
October 2009

manhattan is my favourite movie.

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Lindajing wrote:
October 2009

The piano preludes = ♥

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TinyPhilosopher wrote:
August 2009

WTF is with the "Similar artists"?

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rfruth11 wrote:
August 2009

Rhapsody in Blue FTW !

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exatrax wrote:
August 2009

I just love his piano concerto and play the record over and over. What a great classic composer he would have been if given the chance... Maestro Gershwin!!

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godtsce wrote:
July 2009

everytime i hear his "It ain't necessarily so" i get shivers down my spine.... He's a genius...

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BattleBreak wrote:
July 2009

one love! ;))

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Wesbecher wrote:
May 2009

Summertime is getting me ready for sunshine and the heat of Chicago pavement.... ahhh

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spudness1 wrote:
April 2009

stravinsky and gershwin are similar - they both composed in the same era. they aren't very similar in their music cause the 20th century music was all bout trying new things and doing things differently.

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daweedospina wrote:
February 2009

hello, i invite everyone to download my new album for free at: www.myspace.com/davidospinamusic or check it out on: http://www.lastfm.es/music/David+Ospina hugs from colombia!

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StuartHaden1 wrote:
February 2009

Jacob and Ira were brilliant. Just shows what good Russian Jewish boys can do if they put their mind to it. Well done Gershowitz Bros. Classical education. Education of life. And he had a good ear and a great imagination and he worked at producing masterpieces. Hey presto!

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NicoGuzzi wrote:
January 2009

Hi guys, maybe you like some songs of my album "Instrumental love and disasters" http://www.lastfm.it/music/Nico+Guzzi/Instrumental+love+and+disasters If you like add in your library ;)

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Micky_Beauchamp wrote:
December 2008

haha that's funny ash.i'll go watch the poor dead guy on tour.x

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MisterPenguin wrote:
December 2008

I love both Gershwin, and Stravinsky, but I still fail to see how Gershwin is similar to Stravinsky. There must be some way in which last.fm can improve upon their similar artist computing.

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ecouterAVECbleu wrote:
November 2008

Amen, cheruj.

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cheruj wrote:
November 2008

Yeah, let´s NOT kill anyone in the name of anything.

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cheruj wrote:
October 2008

It's NOT pointless to argue whether he's classical or jazz. In fact, it's important -- because Gershwin is important. Debating is GOOD. Let us never agree on anything. Long live Gershwin as our genre warzone!

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