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Rhapsody in Blue

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  1. A concerto for piano and orchestra from the early 1920s by George Gershwin; one of the first pieces of “serious” music to contain elements of jazz.


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Forster’s A Passage to India, and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue will soon belong to all of us.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019

"Rhapsody in Blue" on my father’s clarinet, the sadness of Bob Dylan’s poetry, the soulful Garcia ballads of the Grateful Dead, and my own experience with personal depression.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2019

Even Gershwin, whose "Rhapsody in Blue" is a perennial in the concert hall, had to deal with the studio staff orchestrators of his era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2016

Rhapsody in Blue "was originally kind of improvised", he explains.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2015

When the Cats played "Rhapsody in Blue," you could close your eyes and imagine Paul Whiteman's complete ensemble performing on the stage-they were that good.

From Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book by Sam Rohlfing

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