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Semester Project – Biography,
Composition History, and
Listening Guide
By Jacob Stewart
Introduction to Music 1010
Craig E. Ferrin, Ph.D.
Outline
• George Gershwin Biography
• The History Of “Rhapsody in Blue”
• “Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide
• Bibliography
George Gershwin Biography
Jacob Gershwine
(George Gershwin)
September 2, 1898
Moshe Gershovitz &
Rose Bruskin
(Parents)
“I have a new pupil who will make
his mark if anybody will. The boy
is a genius!”
– Charles Hambitzer
George “Song Plugger” Gershwin
Gershwin’s First
Published Song
- Earned Him $5
First Complete
Broadway Musical
Over 2 Million
Records Sold
George Gershwin (left) with his
brother Ira Gershwin (right)
1931 Pulitzer Prize For Dramas
Rhapsody in Blue
First large-scale piece written without piano
Works
Written
For
Broadway
Starring
Fred Astaire &
Joan Fontaine
Starring
Fred Astaire &
Ginger Rogers
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
(where Gershwin was admitted)
George Gershwin
1898- 1937
George Gershwin
The History of
“Rhapsody in Blue”
“It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its
rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a
composer – I frequently hear music in the very heart
of the noise... And there I suddenly heard, and even
saw on paper – the complete construction of the
Rhapsody, from beginning to end.” -Gershwin
Hastiness
Begets
Greatness!
“Rhapsody in Blue”
Listening Guide
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Recap
Theme A
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Recap
Piano A
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
Theme B
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
Piano B
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
Theme C
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
Piano C
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
Coda/Recap of Theme A & B
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Coda/
Recap
“Rhapsody in Blue”
Listening Guide
Theme
A
Piano A
Theme
B
Piano B
Theme C
Piano C
Recap
Bibliography
THE END
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