But on the first day of 2020, “Rhapsody in Blue” entered the public domain — along with tens of thousands of other works of art, including musical compositions, books, plays and films, all ...

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 ...

His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. It was cold and snowy in New York City 100 years ago today, and Aeolian Hall, across from Bryant Park, was packed.

Another musical response to “Rhapsody” emerged in 1927 from Gershwin’s stride pianist friend, James P. Johnson: “ Yamekraw.” Publisher Perry Bradford billed the work as “not a ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ but ...

Fleck describes adapting “Rhapsody in Blue” as a musical Everest. “On a piano, you have 10 fingers and 81 keys. On a banjo, I can only strike three notes at a time,” Fleck said.

One of the 20th century’s most enduring, endearing works of classical music, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” was written and premiered in 1924. This weekend, the Detroit Symphony ...

The last pianist to play "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Akron Symphony Orchestra was Assistant Conductor Levi Hammer in 2012. The first, said Wilkins, according to orchestra records, was Akron's Pat ...

If the Rhapsody 's debut audience had embraced it, the critics were far less accepting. The following day in the New York Tribune, Lawrence Gilman wrote about "how trite and feeble and conventional ...