Showing posts with label Rhapsody in Blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rhapsody in Blue. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The mystery of Alan Gershwin: SOLVED?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/obituaries/alan-gershwin-who-claimed-a-famous-father-is-dead-at-91.html I was amazed bu...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Wail: one bar that changed musical history

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"The Rhapsody was performed by Whiteman's band, with an added section of string players, and George Gershwin on piano. Gershw...
Monday, March 30, 2015

In case I didn't post this before. . .

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. . . here it is again. This is one of the most brilliant interpretations of a contemporary piece I've ever heard. A good part of it...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Rhapsody in Bling: a Gershwin dozen

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"You had me at hello" Visit Margaret's Amazon Author Page! ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Azure, turquoise, aquamarine: the Rhapsody reborn

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I still haven't decided if this makes me insane or sends me into orbit, but I can't stop listening to it. This guy takes that old...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Oscar Levant: Rhapsody in Black

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Since my enthusiasm so often runs ahead of my knowledge, I'm writing this in advance of knowing anything about my subject. Or ...
Friday, January 23, 2015

The Gershwin cartoon: it's here! It's very clear!

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I was gobsmacked to find this. I went on YouTube and searched under "Gershwin cartoons", knowing such an absurd thing could n...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Up in smoke: what happened to George Gershwin?

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George #1: dredged out of rare archival footage, in turn dredged up by documentarians. Here we see the godlike, melancholy Gershwin...