George Gershwin’s crowning gem Rhapsody in Blue. Younger generations will come to know the song from its presence in Fantasia 2000, but it’s legacy will always be the way it mixed orchestral music with jazz style.
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Rhapsody in Blue was written by George Gershwin.
George Gershwin released Rhapsody in Blue on Tue Feb 12 1924.
Rhapsody in Blue is an instrumental piece.
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In an interview with biographer Isaac Goldberg, Gershwin said this about the idea for the composition:
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...