George_Gershwin_Bibliography

George Gershwin Bibliography George Gershwin (1898-1937) George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York on 26 September 1898, was born the second of four children of Morris and Rose Gershovitz, Russians who immigrated to New York in 1891. George and his family lived on Manhattan's lower east side in a poor Jewish community. After settling down in New York, his father changed the family name to Gershvin. It was George who later altered his last name to Gershwin when he entered the professional world of music. Most of his family was not musically talented, but his brother Ira became a wonderful well-known musician. Most of Gershwin's early childhood was spent playing sports, which he was good at, and it interested him. It wasn't until Gershwin was 12 years old when he first felt his calling as a musician. It all started when his family purchased an upright piano and Gershwin quickly learned to play it. Uninterested in his regular academic studies, Gershwin focused primarily on studying the theory of music and harmony. Gershwin never even completed high school. Continuing his musical studies with a composer named Henry Conwell and music theorist Joseph Schillinger, Gershwin's ability to play and compose music rose remarkably. Gershwin left gershwin, music, gershwin's, musical, during, first, serious, blue, year, new, began, works, swanee, popularity, piano, george, york, wrote, written, writing, style, song, several, porgy, opera, musician, monday, made, famous, family, completed, came, bess, became, after, years, studies, show, piece, one, never, name, later, jazz, interest, great, gained, composers, career, called