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Grant Park Music Festival begins 2025 season with "Rhapsody in Blue"
Conductor and pianist Andrew Litton led the Grant Park Orchestra in the performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" Wednesday night.
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Béla Fleck to perform banjo rendition of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ with ASO
The 18-time Grammy Award-winning musician will play with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as part of the Neranenah series, which honors Jewish musicians like George Gershwin.
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'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical melting pot still resonates
It was the opening salvo that introduced George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, a piece teeming with possibilities not only for the composer but for what American music could sound like. "Gershwin is ...
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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 ...
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No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’
A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was “corny and Caucasian,” a “cheesecake” that has “clogged ...
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100 years ago, 'Rhapsody in Blue' changed the classical game. Was it for the better?
And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock opening of "Rhapsody in Blue," the "nasty" glissando that had no business in a temple of the arts, electrified audiences 100 years ago ...
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The Worst Masterpiece: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ at 100
George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered on Feb. 12, 1924, and has been enchanting audiences ever since.Credit...Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Supported by By Ethan Iverson Ethan ...
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Rhapsody in Blue: How Gershwin’s hastily composed ‘jazz concerto’ became his greatest masterpiece
Gershwin first found out he was meant to be writing ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ from a newspaper announcing its premiere... just over a month away. Here’s the remarkable story of its creation. George ...
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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 ...
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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': 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 ...