美国作曲家、钢琴家乔治·格什温(George Gershwin1897—1937)生于纽约市布鲁克林的一个贫苦的俄国移民家庭,12岁开始学习钢琴,接触了肖邦、李斯特、德彪西等人的作品,1914年起,格什温在美国流行歌曲中心——廷潘胡同为音乐出版商弹奏钢琴和做歌曲推销员。同时,他也创作了一些歌曲作品和音乐剧。他虚心好学,先后师从戈德马克、考埃尔、赖格尔等美国音乐家学习作曲、对位等技巧。 American composer and pianist George Gershwin (1897-1937) was born in a poor Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York City. He began to study the piano at the age of 12 and contacted Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and others Works, since 1914, Gershwin in the United States pop song center - Ting Pan alley for music publishers playing piano and song salesman. At the same time, he also created some song works and musicals. He is an open-minded student who has studied techniques such as composition and alignment from American musicians such as Goldmark, Cowell, and Reager.