American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898)

George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". His Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Born

1898

September 26

Died

1937

Era

1890s

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1937 Died

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The world in 1937

When George departed

april 1 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
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april 12 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
april 26 Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria.

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Benjamin Fondane 1898– Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944) Bertolt Brecht 1898–1956 German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898) C. S. Lewis 1898–1963 British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian (born 1898) Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1898– German-American author and illustrator (died 1986) Firpo Marberry 1898–1976 American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) Fredric Warburg 1898–1981 English author and publisher (born 1898) Fritz Zwicky 1898– Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) Gracie Fields 1898–1979 English actress and singer (died 1979) Hans Krebs 1898– German general (died 1945)

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