Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It took George Gershwin just 10 days to pen the American classic. GAB Archive/Redferns via Getty Images I’ve spent nearly two ...

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 ...

The 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” has sparked celebrations and thoughtful reappraisals of the musical milestone. First performed at Manhattan’s Aeolian Hall on Feb. 12, ...

When “Rhapsody in Blue” was first performed at New York City’s Aeolian Concert Hall 100 years ago this month, it was a cultural watershed. Concertgoers gushed. Critics swooned. The work’s composer, 25 ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. A jazz musician considers the legacy and unfulfilled promise of George Gershwin’s catchy — or you could say corny — repertory staple. George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” ...

First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...

It's a long way from India to Broadway, but Bela Fleck makes the journey in high style for Rhapsody in Blue. It follows the altogether exotic As We Speak (Thirty ...

I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” which premiered 100 years ago this week, from start to finish. Snippets had played throughout the soundtrack of my life as a ...

"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 ...

On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...

It was cold and snowy in New York City 100 years ago today, and Aeolian Hall, across from Bryant Park, was packed. Composers Sergei Rachmaninov and John Philip Sousa were in the audience, along with ...