"Rhapsody in Blue"
By George Gershwin, from Brooklyn (1898 - 1937) (written for or solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects)
Orchestrated by Ferde Grofé
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein: Conductor, Piano
Royal Albert Hall, London, June 3-4, 1976
Clarinet solo: Stanley Drucker
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.
Commissioned by a bandleader Paul Whiteman, the composition was orchestrated by Ferde Grofé three times, in 1924, in 1926, and finally in 1942. The piece received its premiere in the concert, An Experiment in Modern Music, which was held on February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Whiteman and his band with Gershwin playing the piano. The editors of the Cambridge Music Handbooks opined that "The Rhapsody in Blue (1924) established Gershwin's reputation as a serious composer and has since become one of the most popular of all American concert works.
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