"sections, bearing titles such as ""True form of jazz"" and ""Contrast: legitimate scoring vs. jazzing"". Gershwin's latest composition was the second to last piece (before Elgar's ""Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1""). Many of the numbers sounded similar and the ventilation system in the concert hall was broken. People in the audience were losing their patience, until the clarinet glissando that opened ""Rhapsody in Blue"" was heard. The ""Rhapsody"" was performed by Whiteman's band, with an added section of string players, and George Gershwin on piano. Gershwin decided to keep his options open as to when Whiteman would bring in"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"He made hundreds of arrangements of popular songs, Broadway show music, and tunes of all types for Whiteman. Grofé's most memorable arrangement is that of George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", which established Grofé's reputation among jazz musicians. Grofé took what Gershwin had written for two pianos and orchestrated it for Whiteman's jazz orchestra. He transformed Gershwin's musical canvas with the colors and many of the creative touches for which it is so well known. He went on to create two more arrangements of the piece in later years. Grofé's 1942 orchestration for full orchestra of ""Rhapsody in Blue"" is the"
"Theatre in Paris due to the celebration of the Olympic Games, 1924. In 1925 he was summoned by Eduardo Granados, son of the famous composer Enrique Granados, to perform the famous solo for the beginning of ""Rhapsody in Blue"", by George Gershwin, with the clarinet; it was the first performance of this work in Spain. At about 1930 he arrives in India for the first time, and makes a concert tour with his jazz orchestra. A short time after this, he was appointed Principal of the Calcutta School of Music. He stayed in India for 27 years. There he became"
"Broadway musicals ""Piccadilly to Broadway"" (1920) and ""For Goodness' Sake"" (1922), and jointly composed the score for ""Our Nell"" (1923). This was the beginning of a long friendship. Daly was a frequent arranger, orchestrator and conductor of Gershwin's music, and Gershwin periodically turned to him for musical advice. In 1924, Gershwin composed his first major classical work, ""Rhapsody in Blue"", for orchestra and piano. It was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé and premiered by Paul Whiteman's Concert Band, in New York. It subsequently went on to be his most popular work, and established Gershwin's signature style and genius in blending vastly"
"Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (composed two years prior), the piece demonstrates an early use of jazz and blues in an orchestral setting. The work is scored for piano and a large orchestra consisting of two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, cor anglais, two clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone (doubling soprano saxophone), two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, five percussionists, celesta, and strings. The piano concerto was not a critical success upon its premiere and remained virtually unperformed for three decades. The piece was nevertheless admired by the conductor Leonard Bernstein, who featured it in the"
"four-minute edited version of this piece at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, winning the gold medal for ladies' figure skating and breaking the world record score for the women's long program. Concerto in F (Gershwin) Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional concerto than the earlier jazz-influenced ""Rhapsody in Blue"". It was written in 1925 on a commission from the conductor and director Walter Damrosch. It is just over half an hour long. Damrosch had been present at the February 12, 1924 concert arranged and conducted"
"1920s America. A million selling artist who is now largely remembered for commissioning George Gershwin to write Rhapsody In Blue in 1924 and employing one of the first great names in jazz history – Bix Beiderbecke. Other jazz musicians and stars of popular music celebrated in Jazz Repertory Concerts range from The Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller to Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and from Sidney Bechet and Fats Waller through to Weather Report and Herbie Hancock. In 1987 Pite founded the live music agency Party Jazz. It specialises in jazz, blues, soul and funk music for all kinds of"
"Serenade in Blue ""Serenade in Blue"" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film ""Orchestra Wives"" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, sung by Lynn Bari in the film but dubbed by Pat Friday. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart. The RCA Victor recording by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featured vocalist Ray Eberle with backing vocals by The Modernaires. This record was the year's eleventh-best selling"
"concerto ""Blues and Finales in G"" (1942) is written in the style of ""Rhapsody in Blue"", and his ""Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz"" (composed before 1948) was played often in concerts by Maynard Ferguson. Born in Ottawa, Davis began his musical education in Montreal where he studied the piano with such teachers as Nicholas Eichorn, Alfred La Liberté, and A.E.J. MacCreary. He studied law at McGill University (MU) where he earned of Bachelor of Arts in 1930. While a student there he notably wrote the MU's annual ""Red and White Revue"" in 1926 and 1927. In 1927 he co-wrote the"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue ""Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"" is a big band jazz composition written in 1937 by Duke Ellington and recorded for the first time on May 15, 1937 by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, whose personnel were: Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (trumpet), Rex Stewart (cornet), Barney Bigard (clarinet), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (alto saxophone), Laurence Brown, Joe Nanton (trombone), Harry Carney (clarinet, bass saxophone), Sonny Greer (drums), Wellmann Braud, Freddie Guy (guitar), and Duke Ellington (piano). No tenor saxophone was present in this recording section, nor in ""Crescendo in Blue,"" which was recorded the same day. In"
"1924, Herbert was one of the featured composers at New York's Aeolian Hall, in an evening entitled ""An Experiment in Modern Music"" that included the world premiere of George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"" by the Paul Whiteman orchestra. Herbert's contribution for the evening, ""A Suite of Serenades"", was his last work to premiere with him in attendance. The following is a list of some of the best-known recordings of Herbert's music. Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello"
"Alfonso D'Artega Alfonso D'Artega (June 5, 1907 – January 20, 1998), often known simply as D'Artega, was a songwriter, conductor, arranger and actor. His song ""In the Blue of Evening"", co-written with Tom Adair, was a number one hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1943. D'Artega was born in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1918. D'Artega studied music and composition at Strassberger's Conservatory in St. Louis, Missouri with Boris Levenson, who was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He became a well-known conductor on stage and on air, and in 1946 initiated the Carnegie Hall"
"hastily set about composing a piece, and on the train journey to Boston, the ideas of ""Rhapsody in Blue"" came to his mind. He told his first biographer Isaac Goldberg in 1931: It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a composer – I frequently hear music in the very heart of the noise... And there I suddenly heard, and even saw on paper – the complete construction of the ""Rhapsody"", from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already"
"in Russia, and the Bolsheviks' rise to power never taken place, the Fourth Piano Concerto probably would have been premiered around 1919, eight years earlier than its actual unveiling. It is also possible that in the fertile creative ground of the composer's estate of Ivanovka, where many of his major pieces grew to fruition, the concerto might have become a wholly different composition, albeit probably no less adventurous than the work we know today. Many have noted Rachmaninoff's inspiration from George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", a piece for piano and orchestra completed in 1924, only three years before Rachmaninoff finished"
"Hubert Bath Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 188324 April 1945) was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include ""Tudor Rose"" (1936), ""A Yank at Oxford"" (1938) and ""Millions Like Us"" (1943). Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883. In 1924, Bath was named as co-respondent in the divorce case between Colonel Alfred Rawlinson and the actress Jean Aylwin. His composition ""Out of the Blue"" has been used as the theme music of ""Sports Report"" since the programme started in 1948. Also well-known is his ""Cornish Rhapsody"", written for, and essential to the plot of, the"
"recording in the United States according to ""Billboard"" magazine, after having spent fifteen weeks on the ""Billboard"" charts. Serenade in Blue ""Serenade in Blue"" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film ""Orchestra Wives"" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, sung by Lynn Bari in the film but dubbed by Pat Friday. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart. The RCA Victor recording by Glenn Miller and His"
"A Jazz Symphony A Jazz Symphony or ""Jazz Symphonietta"" (depending on the source) is a jazz-influenced classical work by avant-garde composer George Antheil. Written in 1925, it was premiered at his infamous 1927 Carnegie Hall Concert which also debuted the ""succès de scandale"" ""Ballet Mécanique"". It was originally intended to be used in Paul Whiteman's ""Experiment in Modern Music"" (which famously premiered George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"") concerts, but was deemed too radical. The original version was scored for a large orchestra. For convenience, Antheil reorchestrated the work in 1955 for a much more conservative ensemble, a version which also"
"include the orchestra. Novelty piano can be heard at rehearsal 9 with the revelation of the Train theme. The hesitations and light-hearted style of comic piano, a vaudeville approach to piano made well known by Chico Marx and Jimmy Durante, are evident at rehearsal 22. As early as 1955, ""Rhapsody in Blue"" served as the inspiration for a composition by the noted accordionist/composer John Serry Sr. which was subsequently published in 1957 (see ""American Rhapsody""). ""Rhapsody in Blue"" inspired a collaboration between blind savant British pianist Derek Paravicini and composer Matthew King on a new concerto, called ""Blue"" premiered at"
"The Blue Paradise The Blue Paradise is a musical in a prologue and two acts, with music by Edmund Eysler, Sigmund Romberg and Leo Edwards, lyrics primarily by Herbert Reynolds, and a book by Edgar Smith, based on the operetta ""Ein Tag im Paradies"" (""A Day in Paradise"", 1913) by Eysler with original text by Leo Stein and . The story is set in a Viennese cafe, where a man realizes that he cannot recapture his long lost love. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1915 and enjoyed a successful run. It introduced the song “Auf Wiedersehn”, Romberg’s first song"
"undesired results. The code handling the pod of whales was written so the whales would move away if they were to collide and not bump into, overlap, or go through each other. The same technique was used for the stampede scene in ""The Lion King"" (1994), which was produced at the same time. ""Rhapsody in Blue"" is the first ""Fantasia"" segment with music from an American composer. It originated in 1992 when director and animator Eric Goldberg approached Al Hirschfeld about the idea of an animated short set to Gershwin's composition in the style of Hirschfeld's illustrations. Hirschfeld agreed to"
"to China, Japan, and islands in the Pacific. D'Artega was not only the inspiration, but wrote, arranged, and conducted the group. Alfonso D'Artega Alfonso D'Artega (June 5, 1907 – January 20, 1998), often known simply as D'Artega, was a songwriter, conductor, arranger and actor. His song ""In the Blue of Evening"", co-written with Tom Adair, was a number one hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1943. D'Artega was born in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. His family emigrated to the U.S. in 1918. D'Artega studied music and composition at Strassberger's Conservatory in St. Louis, Missouri with Boris Levenson, who was a"
"A Rhapsody in Black and Blue Rhapsody in Black and Blue is a short ten-minute film that was created and released in 1932, starring Sidney Easton and Fanny Belle DeKnight. It is an early example of a ""music video"", showcasing the tunes ""I’ll Be Glad When You Are Dead You Rascal You"" and ""Shine"", sung and played by well-known jazz artist Louis Armstrong. The film was directed by Aubrey Scotto and the screenplay written by Phil Cohan. A Husband who would rather listen to jazz and drum on pots and pans than mop the floor is whacked over the head"
"Two Little Girls in Blue Two Little Girls in Blue is a musical theatre work composed by Paul Lannin and Vincent Youmans, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (under the pseudonym ""Arthur Francis"") and a libretto by Fred Jackson. The musical premiered at the George M. Cohan's Theatre on Broadway on May 3, 1921. The first ""conference"" for the show was held at the Garden City Hotel, where Lannin worked as a chef. According to Gershwin, ""His father wanted him to learn every phase of the hotel business, which didn't include composing."" A.L. Erlanger was brought in as producer, though Youmans"
"Herbert Elwell Herbert Elwell (May 10, 1898 – April 17, 1974) was an American composer and music critic. A native of Minneapolis, he was among the first Americans to study in France with Nadia Boulanger. While in Paris his Quintet for Piano and Strings (1924) garnered more praise than George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", which was premiered at the same concert. He began his studies in music at the University of Minnesota, and went on to work with Ernest Bloch prior to his sojourn in France. He also attended the American Academy in Rome during which time he composed his"
"for Harper's Weekly, where he advanced to the position of managing editor. From 1915 to 1923, he worked as a critic in multiple arts for the North American Review, and for the Herald Tribune from 1925 on. On August 1, 1904, he married Elizabeth Wright Walter, with whom he had one child, ""Betty"" Elizabeth Lawrence Gilman in 1905. Gilman earned later notoriety for his scathing negative reviews of compositions that later became known as classics. He described George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", for example, as trite, feeble, conventional, vapid, fussy, futile, lifeless, stale, derivative and inexpressive. He was similarly dismissive"
"1944 film ""Love Story"". He died in Harefield, Middlesex in 1945, aged 61. His son John Bath (1915–2004) was also a film composer. Hubert Bath Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 188324 April 1945) was a British film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include ""Tudor Rose"" (1936), ""A Yank at Oxford"" (1938) and ""Millions Like Us"" (1943). Bath was born in Barnstaple, Devon in 1883. In 1924, Bath was named as co-respondent in the divorce case between Colonel Alfred Rawlinson and the actress Jean Aylwin. His composition ""Out of the Blue"" has been used as the theme music of"
"New Orleans Rhythm Kings in an early mixed-race collaboration, then in 1926 formed his Red Hot Peppers. There was a larger market for jazzy dance music played by white orchestras, such as Jean Goldkette's orchestra and Paul Whiteman's orchestra. In 1924 Whiteman commissioned Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", which was premiered by Whiteman's Orchestra. By the mid-1920s, Whiteman was the most popular bandleader in the U.S. His success was based on a ""rhetoric of domestication"" according to which he had elevated and rendered valuable a previously inchoate kind of music. Other influential large ensembles included Fletcher Henderson's band, Duke Ellington's band"
"of ""Rhapsody in Blue"". Henry Busse Henry Busse Sr. (May 19, 1894 – April 23, 1955) was a German-born jazz trumpeter. A 1948 review in ""Billboard"" magazine said that Busse had ""a keen sense of musical commercialism"". Born May 19, 1894, in Magdeburg, Germany, to a generational German Band family, Henry Busse studied violin and then trumpet (after a finger he had broken was set incorrectly) under his Oompah Band leader uncle. In 1912, following numerous failed attempts, at age 18, Busse successfully ran away from the family farm outside of Magdeburg, Germany, where he had been forced to play"
"Song in Blue ""Song in Blue"" is a 1955 song co-written by Les Paul and recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The song was released as a single. The song was released as a 7"" vinyl 45 single on Capitol Records, 45-13229, F3015, backed with ""Someday Sweetheart"", in 1955. The song was composed by Les Paul, Monty Ford, and Celia Ryland and was published by the Iris-Trojan Music Corporation in New York. The single reached #17 on the ""Cash Box"" singles chart in January, 1955 during an 8-week chart run. The single reached no. 71 on the ""Record World"""
"Blue (piano concerto) Blue is a piano concerto by British composer Matthew King, composed specially for the autistic savant pianist Derek Paravicini. The concerto grew out of an improvisation session between the pianist and composer for BBC Radio 4 programme called ""The Inner World of Music."" during which King and Paravicini extemporised in numerous styles. Fascinated by Paravicini's ability to improvise using advanced harmonies, similar to Ravel or Scryabin, King improvised with him for several sessions, slowly devising a work that came to use a number of themes from Gershwin as the basis for a large single movement piece in"
"he conducted the first performance of Gershwin's original jazz-band score of ""Rhapsody in Blue"" since 1925, with permission of Ira Gershwin and Warner Brothers Music, which garnered national attention. Kiesler was recipient of a conducting fellowship at the Aspen Music School and his teachers and mentors have included Fiora Contino, Julius Herford, John Nelson, Erich Leinsdorf, James Wimer, and Carlo Maria Giulini. Kiesler was a participant in the League of American Orchestras’ 1990 Leonard Bernstein American Conductors Program with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the 1991 Carnegie Hall Centenary conducting class with Pierre Boulez and L’Ensemble"