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Rhapsody in Blue

for solo piano and jazz band (Two-Piano Score)
Music by George Gershwin, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé
2 pianos
Als erste Bände der „George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition“ erscheint eines der bekanntesten Werke G. Gershwins, die Rhapsody in Blue: die Originalfassung für Klavier und Jazzband, sowie eine Fassung für 2 Klaviere.
Product number: GIGE 2102
Edition: Score and critical report
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The names of George Gershwin (1898–1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) are synonymous across the globe with American musical creativity. The Gershwin family estates, their publishers, and the University of Michigan have joined forces to produce The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition—the first-ever scholarly edition of the Gershwins’ music and lyrics.

This all-new practical edition facilitates both study and performance, giving a wide audience of musicians, scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike greater insight into the Gershwins’ art. The goal is to create clear and definitive publications that achieve the most accurate representations possible of the Gershwin brothers’ unique and pioneering creativity. 

This all-new critical edition of the original 1924 arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue presents an authoritative transcription of arranger Ferde Grofé’s handwritten holograph score preserved in the collection of the United States Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The edition represents as best as possible the piece as premiered by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at his "Experiment in Modern Music" concert on February 12, 1924. Grofé prepared the score for the specific talents and timbres of the Whiteman Orchestra, largely from an ink fair copy of Gershwin’s two-piano short-score manuscript. Gershwin continued to modify the piano solo portion of this short score during rehearsals and, most likely, even after the premiere of the piece.

Content

x Appreciations
xi Creating Rhapsody in Blue
xii Recreating Rhapsody in Blue or: Making Gershwin Modern
xv Identifying the Themes
xv Performance Notes
xvii Digital Resources
xix Plates from the Main Sources
xxviii Instrumentation
1 RHAPSODY IN BLUE
51 Editorial Apparatus
53 Sources
55 Editorial Methods
58 Critical Notes
79 Appendix A: Chart of Measure Concordances for Main Sources
80 Appendix B: Comparison Chart of Rehearsal Numbers
81 Appendix C: Cut Material from Gershwin’s Holograph Two-Piano Score (Sh)
83 Abbreviations

More Information

Title:
Rhapsody in Blue
for solo piano and jazz band (Two-Piano Score)
Music by George Gershwin, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé
edited by Ryan Raul Bañagale
Language:
English
Edition:
Score and critical report
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Publishing year:
2023
Year of composition:
1924
Duration:
17 ′
Series:

Technical Details

Media Type:
Sheet music
Product number:
GIGE 2102
ISMN13:
979-0-001-21896-2
ISBN13:
978-3-7957-3156-4
UPC:
842819120452
Weight:
0,66 kg
Pages:
110
Format:
23.1cm x 30.3cm
Binding:
Hardback/Hardcover
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

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