Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin

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  @stephengrube1532 · 4 weeks ago

  The hottest place in hell is surely reserved for that person responsible for placing ads in the middle of this great song.

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  @Jack-v2n5n · 2 years ago

  In 2024 this piece will turn 100. It's awesome.

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  @zillok68 · 6 years ago

  Before Gershwin died, he was 39, said to his sister:<br>“I have the feeling that I have just scraped the surface of what I really want to do.”<br><br>Great composer, great Artist.

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  @robertsimpson4532 · 2 years ago

  100 years ago Today on February 12th 1924 was the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue. The performance was in the Aeolian Hall, New York city.

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  @mettycandy · 6 years ago

  I was born in a generation that allows me to listen to this whenever I want

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  @redd.rabbit · 8 years ago

  fun fact. the clarinet scale you hear at the beginning was created by the player warming up his instrument, but the composer heard and like it, and decided to incorporate into the piece. &nbsp;Now that little warm-up will be the most recognizable openings in the history of ever.

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  @eldrichery853 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact: the clarinet solo at the very beginning of the track was basically the musician (virtuoso Ross Gorman) doing an &quot;improvised joke&quot; at a rehearsal of the first concert ever in which this song would be played. Much to his surprise, instead of laughs or discontent from Gershwin, Gorman was met with his immediate approval.<br><br>Actually, even though it was a &quot;jokeful&quot; and &quot;improvised&quot; addition to his original composition, Mr. Gershwin loved it so much he chose to modify the clarinet part so it would always be played that way.

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  @denisseparrar · 2 years ago

  This masterpiece turns 100 years old today!!! What a great gift to humanity. Thank you Master Gershwin ❤️

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  @StoneWeevil · 6 years ago

  Clarinetist: (pulls off flawless glissando)<br>Me, a trombonist: &quot;But... That&apos;s <i>MY</i> thing...&quot;

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  @cfang8776 · 10 years ago

  This is how it goes to me:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc">0:00</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=177">2:57</a> - New York City being built and growing<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=177">2:57</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=213">3:33</a> - walking down 5th Ave. in NYC<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=213">3:33</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=288">4:48</a> - evening rush hour<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=288">4:48</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=297">4:57</a> - a bag floating on all the wind currents around the building of NYC<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=297">4:57</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=356">5:56</a> - a train coming into a city from the country side, and driving next to the interstate full of cars<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=356">5:56</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=363">6:03</a> - a person riding their bike up a hill<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=363">6:03</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=372">6:12</a> - a person running to work<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=372">6:12</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=464">7:44</a> - a lovely elderly couple walking through central park, with a person walking past them every so often<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=464">7:44</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=474">7:54</a> - a taxi being hailed<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=474">7:54</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=503">8:23</a> - a family band playing in the subway<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=503">8:23</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=528">8:48</a> - a pair of birds fluttering around<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=528">8:48</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=542">9:02</a> - a group of friends stumbling around after a night out<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=542">9:02</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=572">9:32</a> - a lonely car on the street driving out of town<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=572">9:32</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=612">10:12</a> - morning rush hour<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=612">10:12</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=637">10:37</a> - a car accident with an ambulance saving the people<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=637">10:37</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=683">11:23</a> - all the flowers opening to the sunshine<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=683">11:23</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=746">12:26</a> - someone leaving the city on the train while crying and waiving goodbye to all their friends<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=746">12:26</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=756">12:36</a> - a light rain over the town before the train leaves<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=756">12:36</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=820">13:40</a> - the train leaving and the crying person seeing the realizing that they had made the right decision and seeing the beauty of the country side<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=820">13:40</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=852">14:12</a> - the lover of the person who left chasing the train because they love that person<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=852">14:12</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=860">14:20</a> - the lover proposes<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=860">14:20</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=874">14:34</a> - the couple (engaged now) racing back home<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=874">14:34</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=902">15:02</a> - the couple gets married<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=902">15:02</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=929">15:29</a> - the couple rushing to jobs and having a child<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=929">15:29</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=964">16:04</a> - the child&apos;s first parade<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=964">16:04</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynEOo28lsbc&amp;t=986">16:26</a> - the family playing in the park at the end of a spectacular day.<br><br>Sorry this was so long, I hope you liked my interpretation of this piece. Also, kudos to you for reading all of this.

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  @crafterman2345 · 5 years ago

  As a New Yorker, I can confirm that this piece is EXACTLY what New York feels like

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  @Fran-px1oh · 2 years ago

  I was poor to the bone, but this music always make me feel rich and high class!!

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