New Hampshire Public Radio

'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical melting pot still resonates

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...
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Column: Why we need 'Rhapsody in Blue' more than ever as it turns 100

Composer George Gershwin is photographed in 1934 during a recording session at the CBS studio in New York. (CBS Photo Archive ) I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in ...
Wall Street Journal

George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Still Hits the Right Notes at 100

Feb. 12 marks the 100th anniversary of the most famous and familiar work of American classical music, the splashy “Rhapsody in Blue.” It came to symbolize the Jazz Age and made an international ...
LAist

'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical melting pot still resonates

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'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical melting pot still resonates

"My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his autobiography, "was to show these skeptical people the advance which had been made in popular music from the day of the discordant early jazz to the ...