One of many entered this year is Rhapsody in Blue (Harms, Inc. 1924), by George Gershwin--an incredibly groundbreaking work for its time, based on its merging of jazz and classical. The composition ...

It was the opening salvo that introduced George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue ... But Downes hears more than just jazz in Gershwin's piece — she hears politics. "Just three months after Rhapsody ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A jazz musician considers the legacy and unfulfilled promise of George Gershwin’s catchy — or you could say corny — repertory staple. George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody ...

Concertgoers gushed. Critics swooned. The work’s composer, 25-year-old George Gershwin—already lauded for his impressive output of jazz gems—was celebrated hither and yon. No less than ...

the film suggests that Gershwin had pilfered jazz from the Black community. Another musical response to “Rhapsody” emerged in 1927 from Gershwin’s stride pianist friend, James P. Johnson: ...

“George Gershwin is at work on a jazz concerto,” it read. “Irving Berlin is writing a syncopated tone poem...” It was all news to Gershwin. His musical comedy, Sweet Little Devil, was set to open in ...

George Gershwin had time and inclination for serious work. In 1923 he wrote his Rhapsody in Blue for Paul Whiteman’s jazz-concert played in highbrow Aeolian Hall. The enthusiastic reception it ...

The event is a celebration of American jazz, that runs for just five performances, May 23-25 at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St., Santa Barbara. A musical portrait of genius, “George Gershwin ...

The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra juxtaposes George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” a 20th Century classic, with other works ...

So George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward did not actually ... this song really exemplifies how the Gershwins combined opera and jazz. And the arrangements are so good, too, which I assume George ...