[Machine Translation] The world of standard jazz music that you want to hear again now! Jerome Kern ( 1885 - 1945 ): Born in New York City to German Jewish parents, Kern learned the fundamentals of music from his mother, a pianist, and later studied at New York University and later at Heidelburg University in Germany. After returning to the U.S., he worked as a score demonstration pianist for Tin Pan Alley and as a rehearsal pianist for the theater, and gradually became a composer for musicals in New York and London. In the 1910s, Kahn's talent as a composer blossomed, and his fame grew with such hit musicals as The Ziegfeld Follies and Sully. Among these, "Show Boat," the first musical to depict social themes such as racism and poverty, was highly acclaimed in 1927 and remains a beloved masterpiece to this day. Although he continued to perform energetically, in 1945 he collapsed on the streets of New York and never returned home. In his final days, his close friend Oscar Hammerstein took care of him. Kern saw the potential of soundtracks, believing that movies would become the center of popular entertainment in the future when silent movies were not yet common. Although the soundtracks were not successful because the film industry was still in its infancy, they led to the establishment of ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers), an organization that protects the publishing rights of composers, and they contributed greatly to the development of American music. Includes Japanese-language commentary.