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Semester Project – Biography, Composition History, and Listening Guide By Jacob Stewart Introduction to Music 1010 Craig E. Ferrin, Ph.D.
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Outline George Gershwin Biography The History Of “Rhapsody in Blue” “Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Bibliography
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George Gershwin Biography Jacob Gershwine (George Gershwin) September 2, 1898 Moshe Gershovitz & Rose Bruskin (Parents)
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“I have a new pupil who will make his mark if anybody will. The boy is a genius!” – Charles Hambitzer
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George “Song Plugger” Gershwin
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Gershwin’s First Published Song - Earned Him $5
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Over 2 Million Records Sold First Complete Broadway Musical
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George Gershwin (left) with his brother Ira Gershwin (right)
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1931 Pulitzer Prize For Dramas
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Rhapsody in Blue
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First large-scale piece written without piano
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Works Written For Broadway
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Starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Starring Fred Astaire & Joan Fontaine
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Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (where Gershwin was admitted)
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George Gershwin 1898- 1937
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George Gershwin
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The History of “Rhapsody in Blue”
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“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
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Hastiness Begets Greatness!
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“Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Theme C Recap
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Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C Recap
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Piano A Theme A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C Coda/ Recap
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Theme B Theme A Piano APiano BPiano CTheme C Coda/ Recap
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Piano B Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano CTheme C Coda/ Recap
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Theme C Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Coda/ Recap
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Piano C Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BTheme C Coda/ Recap
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Coda/Recap of Theme A & B Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C
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“Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Theme C Recap
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Bibliography
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