His music has been featured in modern movies such as When Harry Met Sally and Mr. Gershwin’s music is still heard in concert halls all over the world. George Gershwin died of a brain tumor at 38 years of age despite doctor’s efforts to save him. It was through his efforts that jazz achieved a high status as a vital and important American style.
He tried to present jazz as respectable and a valuable art form. In 1914, George dropped out of high school to work for a Tin Pan Alley music publishing company as a song plugger. He was one of the first composers to incorporate the characteristics of jazz into classical music. George Gershwin (originally Jacob Gershwine) was born to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York, on September 26, 1898. George was interested in both “serious” and popular music, and he composed in both styles. As a collaborative team of composer/lyricist, George and Ira wrote the music form many Broadway hits including Lady Be Good, Tip-Toes, Oh, Kay!, Strike Up the Band, Funny Face, Girl Crazy, and Of Thee I Sing. In 1924, he teamed up with his brother Ira. It was while he was working at Harms that he began receiving commissions to write songs. From there he moved to the Harms publishing house at thirty-five dollars a week writing songs. When he was 16, he began working for a publishing house of Remick in New York, playing the piano in order to boost sales. He began taking piano lessons and after several poor teachers, he finally began taking lessons from Charles Hambitzer. George Gershwin first discovered music when he was 10 years old and heard a friend’s violin recital in a school auditorium in lower East Side Manhattan.
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