Gershwin

Japanese: ガーシュウィン

American composer and pianist. Also known as Gershwin. Born in New York to Russian immigrants, he first touched the piano in his teens. After dropping out of business school, he became a pianist and publicity officer for a music publisher, and in his spare time, he also tried his hand at composing. In 1919, his song "Swanee" was sung by Al Jolson and became a big hit, and his first musical, "La La Lucille," was performed on the Broadway stage. In 1922, he released the one-act opera "Blue Monday Blues," a precursor to "Porgy and Bess" in its subject matter and writing style. In 1924, he wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" for P. Whiteman's jazz band at his request, which caused a great sensation, and the following year, in 1925, he completed "Piano Concerto in F Major," which made him famous in the classical music world. After that, he produced the musical Strike Up the Band (1927), the symphonic poem An American in Paris (1928), and the groundbreaking opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which featured black commoners as protagonists. Just two years after the birth of this work, which became one of the pinnacles of 20th-century opera, he died of a brain tumor at the age of 38. → Grofé/Rhapsody → Related topics Kelly | Balanchine | Musical

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Japanese:

米国の作曲家，ピアノ奏者。ガーシュインとも。ロシア系移民の子としてニューヨークに生まれ，10代になって初めてピアノにふれる。商業高校を中退後，音楽出版社のピアノ奏者兼宣伝係となり，仕事の合間に作曲にも手を染めた。1919年《スワニー》がアル・ジョルソンによって歌われて大ヒットとなり，初のミュージカル《ラ・ラ・ルシール》がブロードウェーの舞台にかかる。1922年には，その題材と書法で《ポーギーとベス》の先駆をなす１幕オペラ《ブルー・マンデー・ブルース》を発表。1924年，P.ホワイトマンの委嘱でそのジャズ・バンドのために書かれた《ラプソディ・イン・ブルー》が大反響を呼び，翌1925年には《ピアノ協奏曲ヘ長調》を完成，クラシック音楽界でもその名を高めた。その後，ミュージカル《ストライク・アップ・ザ・バンド》（1927年），交響詩《パリのアメリカ人》（1928年）などを経て，黒人庶民を主人公にした画期的なオペラ《ポーギーとベス》（1935年）を発表。20世紀オペラの最高峰の一つとなったこの作品の誕生からわずか２年後，脳腫瘍(のうしゅよう)のため38歳で死去した。→グローフェ／ラプソディ
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