George Gershwin. Джордж Гершвін
Джордж Гершвін був одним з перших композиторів, що використовували джазові теми в класичних музичних формах. Джордж Гершвін народився 26 вересня 1898 року в Брукліні. Він був сином російських емігрантів, чиє прізвище було Гершовиц. Він став вивчати гру на піаніно у віці 12 років.
У 16 років він кинув школу, щоб працювати піаністом у музичному видавництві. Його перша пісня була опублікована в 1916 році. Перший мюзикл, до якого Гершвін написав усю музику, був “Ла, ла, Люсиль”, виконаний у 1919 році. З 1920 по 1924 рік він написав кілька десятків пісень.
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was born on September 26, 1898, in Brooklyn. He was the son of Russian immigrants whose name had been Gershovitz. He began studying piano at the age of 12. At 16 he left high school to work as a pianist for a music publishing company. His first song was published in 1916. The first musical for which Gershwin wrote all the music was “La, La Lucille”, produced in 1919. From 1920 to 1924 he wrote dozens of songs. In 1924 Gershwin wrote a short composition for a jazz concert. His “Rhapsody in Blue” became one of his most acclaimed works. Also in the year of 1924 the Gershwin brothers achieved their first major Broadway success Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” has become a genuine American opera. Gershwin’s “serious” compositions include “Piano Concerto in F”, a set of preludes for the piano, and “Second Rhapsody” for the piano and
Orchestra. He began writing for motion pictures just before his death in Hollywood, on July 11, 1937. A film on his life, “Rhapsody in Blue”, appeared in 1945.
Vocabulary:
Composer [kam’pauza] – композитор musical [‘mjuzikal] – мюзікл Brooklyn [‘brukhn] – Бруклін Rhapsody [‘rsepsadi] – рапсодія music publishing [‘mjuzik genuine [‘dijenjuin] – справжній motion – музичне видавництво pictures художній фільм
Questions:
How did George Gershwin use jazz themes in music? When and where was he born? Why did he leave school? What is his most acclaimed work? What music did he begin writing just before his death?
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