"Summertime" might be the opening word in George Gershwin's iconic song, but as Rob Kapilow points out to Performance Today host Fred Child, that's not where the music really starts. The eight ...
" Summertime " is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics, in two stanzas, are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based.
Ella Fitzgerald & the Tee Carson trio - Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin). Tee Carson, piano; Keter Betts, bass; Joe Harris, drums. The first lady of song in Berlin, 1968.
Summertime, composed by the American pianist and composer, George Gershwin, is perhaps the most recognised and celebrated song he ever composed. Gershwin wrote the song as part of his groundbreaking Opera titled Porgy and Bess.
“Summertime, and the living’s easy.” Artists have sampled and interpreted these lyrics from George Gershwin’s jazz piece “Summertime” for almost a century. From Ella Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin, to Sublime and Lana Del Rey, the effect of this song can be felt in pop culture over decades.
Written in 1934, Porgy and Bess’s ‘Summertime’ was one of the first compositions George Gershwin worked on for his brand-new opera Porgy and Bess. The jazz-inspired song is a lullaby for Clara to sing to her child, and it is reprised several more times throughout the opera.
“Summertime” is the famous aria which opens George Gershwin’s opera, Porgy and Bess. It’s initially sung by Clara as a lullaby to her baby, though it’s later reprised by Bess. Though it was...