GERSHWIN THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INC.Rhapsody in Blue wat composed at the piano in 1924, and orchestrated by composer Ferde Grofé for a special concert of American music given by the Paul Whiteman orchestra at Aeolian Hall on. 43rd Street in New York City, The Whiteman ‘concert was conceived as a means to promote native ‘American music. The day chosen for the concert was, appropriately enough, Lincoln's birthday Other composers whose works were performed that day included Vicwor Herbert, Irving Berlin, and Edward MacDowell. Present at the concert sere ‘many famous concert artists and composes, such as, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Heifet2, Walter Damrosch. Ernest Bloch, and John Phillip Sousa The Rhapsody was greeted with a great ovation and has maintained its instant popularity ever since. George Gershwin, the composer of Tin Pan Alley tunes, bad made it to the concert hall and, in the process, had demonstrated to the critics, to other composers, and to the public that jazz and popular music and their composers are worthy of serious study. ‘The piano solo was revised slightly by Gershwin after the concert to give us the work as we know it today, Several orchestral arrangements have been ruade, and the Rhapsody has been transcribed for various solo instruments, and has been arranged for ballet and dance groups 143Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin Molto moderato (4-60) oe PIANO SOLO.146M7Poco agitato Tei rar SS Ltecisa c 4 yh Pett ten eA = | Ter) = e Pigalle ft 83 43 P poco cresc. hs =| * —|_ == ; —— fe ee ag Fg ie 9 =ee ue ae : = beTempe giustoHf He——— == <= ba a ed a ete = bo be ERE qe eT ise(Pee Et Fe —— — = aos SSS P _ - bee ft bo __¢_| ee ee ee ee Se ee eee *) Cut may be made «0 *) p. 158.Meno mosso © poco scherzando ‘Slower 185158A Sse geae gee Patenpo P rae 160Tine brillante ep el a ~ cad. EE hh, ; 161rubato ¢ legato eed Andantino moderato f a sob _ ir ork (bei oir es eee = 2 ote tee | Pp pay” |= = —) - : - te he hp 5 | ee re z = ss 162Se > >> LL OF “ullargendo mf 163ee " fo} Pcp et Tie ——————— == aS Sia Die te pe ete | Bigs Bt be one ia PP legato (poco a poco evese ee i Bie ee ee ee eS the p a eesNoiaS tet b i eh ° : } 4 : re | gists ste marcato Lybef sempre Seccato aay168vel. Vvmveloll V tl 8 | UML 73