[Machine Translation] The world of standard jazz music you want to hear again now! George Gershwin ( 1898 - 1937 ): Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, Gershwin began playing the piano at the age of 13. After dropping out of school at age 15, he worked as a sheet music demonstrator in the music publishing district then known as Tin Pan Alley, where he met and collaborated with lyricist Irving Caesar. In the 1920s, he teamed with his brother, who became a lyricist, to produce a series of successful musicals, including "Lady Be Good" and "Girl Crazy," which made him a popular Broadway composer. In the 1920s, he and his brother, who became a lyricist, teamed up to write a series of successful musicals, including Lady Be Good and Girl Crazy. In 1935, he shocked the public with his first black opera, Porgy and Bess, but died of a brain tumor in 1937. Includes commentary in Japanese.