美国音乐家乔治·格什文曾说过:“我的人民是美国人,我的时代是现在。”他相信音乐必须表现它自己所处的历史时代的思想感情。他生长的时代正当独创与想象推动着美国音乐向前发展,模仿过去的时代和其他国家的音乐已经一去不复返了。 格什文于1898年生于纽约市,四个孩子里他排行第二。他的 George Shishman, an American musician, once said: “My people are American, my time is now.” He believes music must show the thoughts and feelings of the historical era where it was. The era of his growth Legitimate original imagination and promote the development of American music, imitating the past times and the music of other countries is gone. Born in New York City in 1898, Gershwin ranked second among four children. his