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Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band by George Gershwin. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman , the work combines elements of classical music with jazz -influenced effects and premiered in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music" on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall , New York City.
Since Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" in 2009, every video that has reached the top of the "most-viewed YouTube videos" list has been a music video. In November 2005, a Nike advertisement featuring Brazilian football player Ronaldinho became the first video to reach 1,000,000 views. [1] The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in ...
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin is the eighth studio album by Brian Wilson, released on August 17, 2010 by Walt Disney Records as part of the Disney Pearl Series. The album consists of covers of ten George and Ira Gershwin songs, bookended by passages from Rhapsody in Blue, along with two new songs completed from unfinished Gershwin fragments by Wilson and band member Scott Bennett.
Blue Monday, (1927) a piano suite based on Gershwin's one-act opera of the same name; Merry Andrew, (1928) arrangement of a dance piece from Rosalie; Three-Note Waltz, (1931) Also known as Melody #36. Unpublished. Piano Transcriptions of Eight Songs (1932) George Gershwin’s Song-Book (1932), complex arrangements of 18 Gershwin songs
Though as the production of Fantasia developed, the setup used for The Sorcerer's Apprentice was abandoned for different multi-channel recording arrangements. [13] The recording of Rhapsody in Blue used in the film is an edited version of Ferde Grofé's orchestration of the piece performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Bruce Broughton.
As orchestras around the country celebrate "Rhapsody in Blue" throughout 2024, it's important to think of the piece as more than just music.
His version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was used in Pontiac commercials during the early-1970s. The song reached #48 in Canada in 1973. [3] The songs "Super Strut" and "Latin Flute" were featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
Memorial tablet to Larry Adler, Golders Green Crematorium. Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 [1] – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. . Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benja