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Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman and written by George Gershwin, the work premiered in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City.
Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic and plays piano in a performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at the Royal Albert Hall in 1976.
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Sep 13, 2011 · Listen to George Gershwin's famous "Rhapsody in Blue" performed by Libor Pesek and the Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra. This video was uploaded 13 years ago and has over 19 million views.
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Oct 12, 2024 · Rhapsody in Blue, musical composition by George Gershwin, known for its integration of jazz rhythms with classical music, that premiered on February 12, 1924, as part of bandleader Paul Whiteman ’s “An Experiment in Modern Music” concert at New York ’s Aeolian Concert Hall. The composition, perhaps Gershwin’s most famous, is one of ...
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Published: July 8, 2024 at 6:24 am. Lawrence Gilman, a music critic from the New York Tribune, was clearly unimpressed by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. ‘How trite, feeble and conventional the tunes are,’ read his pointed review that appeared on the morning of 13 February; ‘how sentimental and vapid the harmonic treatment, under its ...
The first recording of this work, mastered in 2020.George GershwinRhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin, pianistPaul WhitemanPaul Whiteman OrchestraRecorded on Jun...
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Feb 12, 2024 · What Gershwin wrote was not a ‘jazz concerto’, as the New York Tribune had promised. Instead, he had composed a rhapsodic work for ‘piano and jazz band’, a meeting of European symphonic music and American jazz, brought together with his inimitable melodic gift and piano prowess. Rhapsody in Blue ’s most iconic moment, however, wasn ...
