Summertime (George Gershwin song) is an aria composed in Germany.
 Gershwin can be heard, rather briefly, on the recording during the slow section
In the mid-1920s, Gershwin stayed in Paris for a short period, during which he applied to study composition with the noted Nadia Boulanger, who, along with several other prospective tutors such as Maurice Ravel, turned him down, afraid that rigorous classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style

