Gershwin

American  

[gursh-win] / ˈgɜrʃ wɪn /

noun

1. George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.

2. Ira, 1896–1983, U.S. lyricist (brother of George Gershwin).

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Gershwin British  

/ ˈɡɜːʃwɪn /

noun

1. George, original name Jacob Gershvin. 1898–1937, US composer: incorporated jazz into works such as Rhapsody in Blue (1924) for piano and jazz band and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935)

2. his brother, Ira, original name Israel Gershvin. 1896–1983, US song lyricist, noted esp for his collaboration with George Gershwin

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Example Sentences

He won two Emmy Awards, first in 1972 for producing and directing Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna, then in 1988 for the Great Performances episode Celebrating Gershwin.

From BBC

Here Gershwin set to music Heyward’s colloquial poetry—lines that Stephen Sondheim called among “the best lyrics written, I think, for the musical stage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Its 78 million manuscripts, from the papers of the Continental Congress and George Washington to those of the Gershwin brothers and J. Robert Oppenheimer, cover the breadth of the American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal

Filmed at the Gershwin Theatre, where performances of the Broadway musical “Wicked” began 22 years ago, Erivo and Grande performed “For Good.”

From Los Angeles Times

He was preparing to release a gorgeous album of Gershwin interpretations that was twice as good as it needed to be — and probably three times better than most anybody expected.

From Los Angeles Times