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Column: Why we need 'Rhapsody in Blue' more than ever as it turns 100

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer George Gershwin is photographed in 1934 during a recording session at the CBS studio in New York. (CBS Photo Archive ) ...
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Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue - Hayato Sumino full performance | Classic FM Live

Rising star Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino takes on Gershwin's dreamy 'Rhapsody in Blue' in its 100th anniversary year. Look ...
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Jacksonville Symphony to celebrate a century of 'Rhapsody in Blue' at January shows

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guest pianist Conrad Tao joins the Jacksonville Symphony in January for "Rhapsody in Blue." We begin the new year with a program ...

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt)

Classroom resources for 20th Century composer George Gershwin who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New ...
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'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical melting pot still resonates

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...
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Rhapsody in Blue at 100

“Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue” features the Marcus Roberts Trio and singer Catherine Russell. In the 1920s, the relatively new music genre known as jazz was rapidly becoming ...
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George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” Turns 100

When “Rhapsody in Blue” was first performed at New York City’s Aeolian Concert Hall 100 years ago this month, it was a cultural watershed. Concertgoers gushed. Critics swooned. The work’s composer, 25 ...
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Rhapsody in Blue: celebrating 100 years of Gershwin’s groundbreaking classical‑jazz masterpiece

George Gershwin’s 1924 composition Rhapsody in Blue is so timeless that it seems scarcely possible that he composed it 100 years ago. Its centenary offers us a special opportunity to celebrate this ...
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‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Turns 100—a ‘Stitched-Together’ Masterpiece, as Its Name Implies

The 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” has sparked celebrations and thoughtful reappraisals of the musical milestone. First performed at Manhattan’s Aeolian Hall on Feb. 12, ...
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100 years ago, 'Rhapsody in Blue' changed the classical game. Was it for the better?

First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...
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Why we need ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ more than ever as it turns 100

I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which premiered 100 years ago this week, from start to finish. Snippets had played throughout the soundtrack of my life as a ...