| Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Contributor(s): Schiff, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521559537 ISBN-13: 9780521559539 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: The RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1924) established George Gershwin's reputation as a serious composer and has since become one of the most popular of all American concert works. In a richly informative study, David Schiff examines the piece as musical work, historical event, and cultural document, placing it within the context of American popular song and jazz and the development of modernism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 784.262 |
| LCCN: 96047439 |
| Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.47" W x 8.5" (0.40 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. In this guide the author considers the piece as musical work, historical event and cultural document. He traces the history of the rhapsody's composition, performance and reception, placing it within the context of American popular song and jazz and the development of modernism. He also provides a full account of the different published and recorded versions of the work and explores the many stylistic sources of Gershwin's music. The book also contains an extended discussion of Paul Whitman's Experiment in Modern Music, considers the influence of the rhapsody on other works (for example the music of Duke Ellington) and examines the traditions and institutions of Jewish cultural populism. |