My parents were dissatisfied with my decision to become a music major but how could they have expected any different when they exposed me to brilliant composers like Gershwin all my life

@coreanstacker5427

Жыл бұрын

Well, will you be making money as a music major?

@jesshinkle1

Жыл бұрын

@@coreanstacker5427 yes! There's plenty of musicians who make good livings.

@coreanstacker5427

Жыл бұрын

@@jesshinkle1 not really. Not at the level of a V.P. in a major corporation, not even close to a CEO... of course, unless you are a rockstar or pop singer. Otherwise, you are a part time in a small orchestra like San Antonio chamber orchestra or something.

@stan2211stan

Жыл бұрын

@@coreanstacker5427 Spoken like a TRUE TRUMPLICAN. Some aspire to a higher calling other than ripping off everyone they can.

@coreanstacker5427

Жыл бұрын

@@stan2211stan spoken like a moron who pretends to know my political affiliation. This is why you are poor!🖕

My God. And he only lived till age 39?!? Can you imagine what music could've come out of that brilliant mind if he had lived like some composers to say, 80 or 90?

@dneuens

9 жыл бұрын

He wrote this when he was 29, so he still offered plenty after, though I feel it's the pinnacle of his work. The piece he wrote with what he felt was the best orchestration is Second Rhapsosy, which was very late in his life. Check it out.

@cba0bsa

9 жыл бұрын

Dylan Neuens Thanks. Will do. Check out "On the Waterfront" conducted by Axelrod. All three parts. Happy New Year fellow music lover.

@dneuens

9 жыл бұрын

I will, thanks brother. Happy New Years, and cheers! Sorry about the poor spelling (for a grammar nazi, iPhone keyboards are hell) ;).

@OfficialVertigoBand

9 жыл бұрын

he only lived to 38 and was planning a 'swing symphony' before he died. who knows what he would have made of rock and roll?!

@jarrodbutts716

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Davis He is amazing.

Gershwin was a narrator. In my opinion. I can visualize an American in the traffic of Paris while listening to this music.

@volneisilva1199

8 жыл бұрын

Right! I wonder if you would be able to do so, without knowing the name of the song!

@bradkansas

8 жыл бұрын

"NARRATOR". Perfect description of many composers, especially GW and Copeland. You gave me the word I didn't know for which I was searching the past 65yrs. or so. Thanks Kevin!

@gerryr1852

8 жыл бұрын

That's a great choice of words to describe him. I never heard him called a narrator before but it's the perfect one word description. It's a shame that he died so young. Think of what more he might have produced.

@kevinloscalzo8638

8 жыл бұрын

+Volnei Silva I am. The first time I heard this music I didn't know its title but I imagined it had something to do with old-fashioned America. I was attending primary school in Italy.

@kevinloscalzo8638

8 жыл бұрын

+Volnei Silva Actually, it sounded to me like a 1950s American ad or something similar. Consider that I've never been to the US and I unfortunately have a very stereotypical idea of it.

Is it possible that this is even more of a masterpiece than Rhapsody in Blue? This makes you feel like you are walking through life not just Paris. Rhapsody in Blue makes you think. This makes you float.

@crumpingtons

10 ай бұрын

very hard to choose between the two.

@bwsmyhero

6 ай бұрын

I always thought it felt like walking through any large city, not just Paris. Like New York, Chicago, etc.

@globalwarming5050

7 күн бұрын

its better, it has more form and a plot,, also the instrument arrangement for the orchestra is properly defined and simplified. most eurocentric critics of his day that were negative toward rhapsody in blue had neutral or slightly positive reviews

I can only imagine how dumb struck the audience must’ve felt hearing this for the first time the 1920s. Absolute magic and brilliance came forth from this man and to die at such a young age is such a tragedy. If he would’ve lived into his 80s he easily would’ve been the greatest composer of all time. Gershwin‘s music transported you to places you couldn’t even dream of. Rhapsody in blue is a roller coaster ride of emotion, and an American in Paris perfectly identifies the emotion. One would feel walking the streets in Paris. The hustle the bustle the energy. Simply amazing. I learned to play piano because of this man. I heard Rhapsody in blue for the first time when I was about five and I was obsessed with learning to play this magnificent piece. it took me 16 years to learn how to play Rhapsody in blue without mistakes and in the correct time signature. I’m in my 60’s today and can still mail it, every time. George Gershwin, a genius way ahead of his time and one of the best composers ever to have lived.

@Dylonely42

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. I wish you listened to his other masterpieces, he has composed so many !

@abrambaumann1010

Жыл бұрын

Mi dupla, junto con Rajmaninov ❤

Having been an American in Paris, this music speaks to the wonder and amazement you feel when you walk the streets of that amazing city. I can't believe how well the music tells the story.

@wdd3141

6 жыл бұрын

That's interesting to read. This music was composed in 1928; it's the sensory experiences of an American visitor at the time, put to music. Much has changed since then, the culture has been through decades of shifting and unfolding; that you have the same impressions as Gershwin suggests that there is an essential character to the French people that endures even over so much time.

@haitchsinghsingh9938

5 жыл бұрын

A lot has changed since

@JoyJakubowski

5 жыл бұрын

Well, it was Paris in 30's. The atmosphere was totally different. It was a charming place at those times.

@leslieanderson5191

4 жыл бұрын

Your words tell a story also!..

@swift7oaks

4 жыл бұрын

I understand. The first time I saw Paris I was enslaved.

Finally. After all this time, the answer was right under our nose. Gershwin knew who was in Paris in 1928 and we didn’t listen.

An absolutely perfect masterpiece. Gershwing is and always be a favorite composer. Gershwing is like Chopin, both were short lived, but their music is brilliant. George Gershwing was a genus...

Played this 7 years ago on the trumpet as a part of my high school. Saw a friend who I was in band with ( he played clarinet) today post on his Instagram he was landing in Paris. Instantly reminded me of this and I came here to listen. Memories I’ll never forget ❤️

@HenryZhoupokemon

Жыл бұрын

Same my hs orchestra we played this in 2015 lol

Gershwin is just like Chopin, they both had a short life but their music are brilliant!

@santiagomorales6224

7 жыл бұрын

The both died at the same age

@otrdispatch0019

6 жыл бұрын

Mozart lived to be 32

@JLFAN2009

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong: he lived a short life, but he was 35 at the time of his death.

@danieljean-claudeherde6202

5 жыл бұрын

as much as the music of Mozart and Schubert

@nateofnathan8297

5 жыл бұрын

In a way he died at 17 because of how late he started composing

I'm a Chinese from Hong Kong and live California now.Many many years ago (maybe 20 or 30 years ago ),I listen its theme (7:45 )occasional and love it immediately . It's true there is no gap in our world with music wherever we living.

@antiquet3301

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah who needs civil rights, anyway?

@kingkyleiv7960

3 жыл бұрын

Do you wanna still live in California today??

@parsonw

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingkyleiv7960 Yes, live in california.

@boopboop7366

3 жыл бұрын

Oh dang they replied

@jamieking685

3 жыл бұрын

@@antiquet3301 bruh stop theyre j sharing their story why u gotta b so mean :/

Stupendo Gerswin....❤💯👍

@kearathornton4921

Жыл бұрын

5

I liked the part from 00:00 to 18:16

@Tinfoilmecha

4 жыл бұрын

I am your 69th like, g'day.

@nathanv5518

4 жыл бұрын

Tinfoilmecha 11719 *pop* noice.

@i.pezzotti853

3 жыл бұрын

I disliked the first four seconds

@FriendlyCroock

3 жыл бұрын

lol Me too. North america especially the U S has a big history in classical music. Stravinsky, Puccini, Tchaikovsky are only 3 examples of famous composers who visited the united states. Tchaikovsky participated in the ceremonies surrounding the dedication and opening of New York’s Carnegie Hall.

That beautiful melody at 7:45 that just goes on throughout the whole piece really gives me such a relaxed warm feeling whenever I hear it.

@roncavin5169

5 жыл бұрын

It is also a major them in his opera Porgy and Bess

@markkuhn9315

4 жыл бұрын

So beautiful. Was hoping someone had commented on it!

@Donde_Lieta

4 жыл бұрын

It’s my FAV music motif EVER

@Donde_Lieta

4 жыл бұрын

Like don’t get me wrong, I love the whole piece, but I only really listen to it for that reoccurring motif 😂

@JasonJason210

4 жыл бұрын

Makes me think of Galaxy chocolate.

beautifully captures the 1920s atmosphere of a bustling city and someone feeling lost in it as car horns beep them at every turn telling them to get out the way as they wander dumbfoundedly along.

@jackthorton10

3 жыл бұрын

The outstretched hands of optimism greeting the days ahead

Tragic. He was so talented. The harmonies are sublime. The dissonance makes the sound so special.

@bobcurrier7983

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there Mary 👋 How are you doing today?

@mattiadellamico888

Жыл бұрын

He was just something else.

My second favorite piece of music. Still have it on the opposite side of Rapsody In Blue, my favorite piece. First heard them both at a children's concert while a 4th or 5th grader. Dad bought it per my begging as one of his monthly Columbia Record Club selection. Now 70 y.o. and still have the LP and all the memories it conjures up - the concert, the Columbia monthly selection notice, my begging my dad, the day the album was delivered, like it was filmed and it's playing on the screen in front of me.

The melody at 15:10 is just perfection. Goosebumps every time.

@Dylonely42

2 жыл бұрын

10:24 too

@Flapjack505

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dylonely42 YES I love it

to me the best American classical jazz composer ever. Rhapsody in Blue is a masterpiece

I used to listen to this and Rhapsody in Blue on a tape that my grandfather gave me when I was a kid. Brings back memories.

@CryptocurrencyInsider

8 жыл бұрын

my father, former astronaut, did the same; aren't those memories great?

@JJBushfan

8 жыл бұрын

My father, former bus driver, went off with a younger woman; aren't those memories great?

@lsswappedcessna

8 жыл бұрын

where, may I ask, may one acquire a tape player these days? I'm assuming you mean cassette, as I don't believe 8-track could be burnt like a CD or Cassette.

@bhfrankel

8 жыл бұрын

Could be a cassette or reel to reel.

@sergueymelnikov7977

6 жыл бұрын

Your grandma was a wise woman to make you listen to this music as a kid.

2:43 is possibly my favorite part of the piece for 2 reasons. 1. Its a beautiful flute solo, and 2. I can just imagine a young man frantically walking through the crowded streets of Paris, and then bumping into a young woman dressed in a full skirt and rosy cheeks and hair in perfect ringlets who gives him a sweet smile... the imagery he manages to create within this music is amazing!

I am hypnotized by this song as I am by Rhapsody In Blue. When I drive, I listen to these. Gershwin was brilliant! I’m sorry he died so young suffered so much the last months of his life.

George certainly had romance in his heart, this is filled with it.

An American in Paris is perhaps one of the greatest works written by a composer, not just an American.

@Dylonely42

2 жыл бұрын

Very accurate, this is one of my favorite pieces of music ever composed.

May his music be never forgotten.

you know it's brilliant when you can close your eyes and you're suddenly in a bustling city..... LOVE IT

The brilliance of this great composer.....still love listening to it.

12:46... one of the best trumpet themes I’ve ever heard.

@ballandchain7056

3 жыл бұрын

Can't argue with that! 😄

This piece was composed during the Prohibition in the US when lots of Americans who could went to Paris to enjoy life and... drink a lot. Compared with the Puritan atmosphere of America and its claustrophobic speakeasies Paris seemed like an oasis of freedom and excitement. That's the vibration this composition brings us.

@15cedw

2 жыл бұрын

But Paris and France and for that matter the rest of Europe was on the brink of WW2

I had the great pleasure of having my father and my mother for a long time. I loved and love them sooo much. They passed away in 2017, my mother and in 2018, my father. My dear mother being so loving and caring and my dear father showing me this kind of music and other: mexican music, other latin american music, european classical and modern music. Indian music, Midle east music, US music like jazz, soul, etc. And also these classicals of the XXth century. This Gershwin's master piece was and is one of my favorites ones since I was about 5 years old. Each time I listen to eat I remember my times as a very little girl imagining the trafic of a big city. Thank you very much for posting IT.

As fresh, innovative and delightful as when I first heard it 70 years ago.

One of America's incredible composers.

Sheer, unmitigated, overwhelming genius

Tutta L’ anima americana in questa splendida incisione!!!!!! Una ventata di novità e innovazione di questo genio musicale!!!!!!!

I have a rather fat black cat named Masquerade who really likes this song for some reason. She’s currently sitting by me, watching the snow from the window and listening.

@phillebo

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe she's getting the good vibe from you listening to this. Or... maybe she's just really digs Gershwin.

@flaviodinnocenzo9297

3 жыл бұрын

The black cat I used to have loved watching Pengo.

@joshuatree2129

3 жыл бұрын

I had a black cat that went crazy when u played techno lol

@davey5867

3 жыл бұрын

OwO phat black cat

@nancysrios

3 жыл бұрын

I took my cat Athena to the vet today and I played this song. She quit howling like she usually does and became calm.

George Gershwin's music always cheers me up. Whether or not he was a happy man, he know how to convey joy in his music.

The solo violin at 6:30 and 6:45 absolutely melts my heart & brings the tears!! Thank you George G for all the "colors" you put into your music !!!! 💜

Andre Previn conducting and playing on this record.Rhapsody, American in Paris, and the Concerto in F.The best version of all three....just awesome!

The sound in this recording is so rich, it's incredible. Stunning audio engineering

Andre Previn shows his jazz credentials in this fantastic performance. A 10/10 recording.

In my opinion, American in Paris is THE great American tone poem.

I remember as a young child my father put this track on and instructed me to use the music as inspiration to create images in my mind. I understood how to use the music as a different source of visual aid created by sound. It helped me appreciate and understand the true meaning of what music dose to the soul. it's a form of universal language that creates emotions through sound that everyone at one point experiences. thank you Mr Gershwin!!!

@citizen1163

7 жыл бұрын

Elsa Madonia You had a good dad!

@shitzhead3436

7 жыл бұрын

Images in my mind. WHOOOOH!!

@Ozzwooz

7 жыл бұрын

"Instructed" that sounds a little strident for a young child :( Poor Elsa

@solaribass2491

7 жыл бұрын

Elsa Madonia sadly Gershwin will never get this message because he's dead

@maryhickey155

6 жыл бұрын

Yes she did. I didn't.

Whenever I heard his music, I thought, this is America! Optimistic, full of energy, glamorous sound of brass.

@zacellis2722

8 жыл бұрын

+Lorraine Cheung based on some of the things that your country has produced, like Donald trump and slavery, I don't think that America is optimistic or glamorous

@lgmmrm

8 жыл бұрын

+Zac Ellis We also produced the *affordable* automobile, the Airplane, the Global Positioning System, or GPS, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (which is more and more being adapted for emergency services and rescue work), the Internet, Cellular Networks, the Telephone, and, of course, the Light Bulb.

@zacellis2722

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Mainord just some of the essential things produced in ENGLAND Mass-produced toothbrush - William Addis of England produced the first mass-produced toothbrush in 1780 Perambulator - William Kent designed a baby carriage in 1733 Collapsible baby buggy - Owen Maclaren Domestic dishwasher - key modifications by William Howard Livens "Bagless" vacuum cleaner - James Dyson "Puffing Billy" - First powered vacuum cleaner - Hubert Cecil Booth Fire extinguisher - George William Manby Folding carton - Charles Henry FoyleLawn mower - Edwin Beard Budding Rubber band - Stephen Perry Daniell cell - John Frederic Daniell First incandescent light bulb - Joseph Wilson Swan in 1878.Tin can - Peter Durand Light switch - Invented by John Holmes in 1884 Corkscrew - Reverend Samuell Henshall Mouse trap - James Henry Atkinson Postage stamp - Rowland Hill Modern flushing toilet - John Harington The pay toilet - John Nevil Maskelyne, Maskelyne invented a lock for London toilets, which required a penny to operate, hence the euphemism "spend a penny". Electric toaster - Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton Teasmade - Albert E. Richardson Magnifying glass - Roger Bacon Thermosiphon, which forms the basis of most modern central heating systems - Thomas Fowler Automatic electric kettle - Russell Hobbs Coade stone - Eleanor Coade English crucible steel - Benjamin Huntsman Steel production Bessemer process - Henry Bessemer Hydraulic press - Joseph Bramah Parkesine, the first man-made plastic - Alexander Parkes Portland cement - Joseph Aspdin Sheffield plate - Thomas Boulsover Water frame - Richard Arkwright Stainless steel - Harry Brearley Rubber Masticator - Thomas Hancock Power Loom - Edmund Cartwright Parkes process - Alexander Parkes Lead chamber process - John Roebuck Development of the world's first commercially successful manufacture of high quality flat glass using the float glass process - Alastair Pilkington Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Abraham Darby I - Abraham Darby II - Abraham Darby III - Robert Forester Mushet The first commercial electroplating process - George Elkington The Wilson Yarn Clearer - Peter Wilson Polythene - the first industrially practical polythene was discovered by accident in 1933 in Northwich, Cheshire, by Eric Fawcett and Reginald Gibson. And most importantly, you may have invented the internet, but Tim Berners-Lee (OF ENGLAND) invented the world wide web, which is what you use to surf the internet.

@lmallanao

8 жыл бұрын

+Zac Ellis Ok, we can all agree that no one likes Donald Trump. But it was the English who started slavery. The settlers that first started it in Jamestown were English, and were not intent of starting a new country. But I agree, sadly we have Donald Trump... :(

@zacellis2722

8 жыл бұрын

+John F (Uppish) technically slavery started in places like ancient china and ancient rome, so I can't let you get away with that, but at least we both agree that Donald Trump is an exception to the rule that every human has evolved from cavemen. Donald Trump is still a caveman.

One of if not the most beautiful composition ever written. Gershwin is my favorite composer of all time.

I never tire of it.

I wish I could have met him, talked to him, and watched him play the piano!

This music is almost a century old and is fresh and exciting. I love it!!!

One of the most beautiful music in the galaxy ❣️🌹

@Dylonely42

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

I remember not being able to sleep on a family holiday so I tuned on to a classical music radio station I liked on my phone and what came up was this

@103035icle

7 жыл бұрын

Maddie Jamieson holiday... not sleeping.... MADNESS!

this is like a good book. i may have to pause it every once in awhile, but i always finish it.

Just imagine an American walking in Paris in those days, a new town, the strange and sometimes busy streets, diversity of scenes, romance...scary streets..so divers. And in the end a big finale as you are at the end of a film or musical you made by yourself just by imagening pictures by the the music you hear. Great piece of art!!!

Always liked this. Today it epitomizes the best of 20th Century USA for me.

George Gershwin said " I write music for my people and my time. My people are Americans and my time is now"

I'm so happy this music finally made it into the Classic FM Hall of Fame for the first time ever! Hopefully it will finish even better next year!

I can't handle how amazing this music is. I think I might die cause it's so good.

@southwesthair2736

3 жыл бұрын

Well don't do that because you won't be able to LISTEN to it again!!

For some, Sebastian Vettel or George Clooney is a hero. I'm 14 years old and for me George Gershwin is a real hero. A man who composes music with so many different color tones, is really something special! Every time I listen to his music, I get goosebumps and I mostly just sit there and grin to myself :) I am happy! ... I also admire the orchestra, which plays the music with so much feeling!! George, you and the orchestra are admirable!!!!!!!! Thumbs up if you agree

@joannechisena8832

3 жыл бұрын

Well said. I couldn't have said it better myself. :-)

@pretorious700

Жыл бұрын

George Clooney is nobodys' "hero".

Still one of the most amazing pieces I'll ever have the honor of playing.

Bravo ! A splendid performance of a breathtakingly original and strikingly beautiful masterpiece ....

7:50 wow so happy now to live in Paris !

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!

Im 54 and Ive had the same reaction to Gershwin since I was 14! Imagine all the tones and hues...all the clever phrasing and innuendo...subtle and masterful.

This was the first all instrumental track that left me completely speechless. Such beautiful sounds...and Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron's dancing adds an intimate and romantic factor that no one else could have brought to such a lovely piece of art. One word for this piece? Breathtaking.

@danielmads9160

8 жыл бұрын

I agree, I'm trying to learn some of his works on my piano. But it is hard AF!

@groovymovie3213

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Madsø i love hearing Judy Garland sing his songs! It's so much better than what we have today. lol when did music take such a big turn for the worse?

One of the best composers ever, how sad he left us at such an early age. I love this wonderful piece of music it's one of my favourites that he wrote. Thank you for posting this.

I just love all the ending fake outs!!!!!

Brilliant piece of music, which stands the test of time, - like Rhapsody In Blue and all the other Gershwin Classics...

I wish this was the kind of stuff that was mainstream that would be awesome.

Gershwin, is masterful, extra-solidarity; It transcends all epochs. In his short life he brought to the music a brilliance and fascination like few others. Brilliant, fascinating, beautiful, charming, subjugate ... Many extraordinary words can be said to describe Gershwin's music but only one is enough: GREAT.

As the saying goes "They don't make 'em like that any more". Ah, the "good old days" - the Gershwins, Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, etc, etc, etc,. Many thanks and blessings for uploading such memories

@jairiske

8 жыл бұрын

Ikr, I mean I like video games, but it's a game, you can't fully sit down and just appreciate the music.

@benjamindiel4637

7 жыл бұрын

Just type (insert Game Name Here) OST, then click search. Boom, problem solved

@benjamindiel4637

7 жыл бұрын

fanboyspemdas Fire Emblem Awakening begs to differ.

@Funkopartner

7 жыл бұрын

Green Gopnik Agreed. I watched Lawrence of Arabia the other day and the score was genuinely amazing. Also, I see that you slapped "Gopnik" on your name. If you want to get your fix on Slav memes, I suggest you check out the channel "LifeOfBoris".

@tatebeast4826

7 жыл бұрын

praise jesus and his miracles, for he hath come again

Andrè is a perfect conductor for this piece. A jazz pianist as well who accompanied Ella Fitzgerald.

Creating musical masterpieces and smoking a cigar how cool is that?

@weedermann

5 жыл бұрын

Is how you die more quickly...aside from having the worst breath.

@jekicolin8036

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice that until you pointed that out

@ultrashmutz93

5 жыл бұрын

Those were just another appendage then.

@organbuilder272

5 жыл бұрын

Not very. He died at a very young age. How many more masterpieces of americana might he have written had he live longer....?

This is such a master piece.I can’t beleive that he lived 39 years,only.

Heard this tonight on NPR The Piano Puzzler and got stumped, as well as the person playing the game. Came here to listen. Thanks.

The percussion is what makes this a master piece. And that includes the various instruments, that he attempts to make percussionistic as well. Absolutely Brilliant Composition.

A lovely piece of music

I grew up listening to his music....magical!

@hlnbee

Жыл бұрын

Same here.❤

The 60-second passage that starts at 7:29... I could listen to that all week. Even after hearing it for the first time 30 years ago.

Beautiful music, Gershwin always impresses me ! So many different instruments, this music is filled with joy and positive energy, really quite amazing.

Love the rhythm.

Gershwin and his comtemporaries made some outstanding tunes.

Playing this as a horn player with the Gwent youth orchestra was truly an amazing experience... what a beautiful piece...

Fist time hearing it and it's just breathtaking!

Listening to Gershwin's music, you can really see how impactful he was on American music as a whole.

I remember being a lad of 17 yrs in HS history class, during study time we were permitted to listen to music of our choosing in our headphones, this was my preferred study music. Lots of good memories I associate with Gershwin.

Going to play this for AYPO this year!

Where does such genius come from...why are there people like George and Ira Gershwin who posses such talent while most of us can only appreciate it? God only knows.....

I just can't get over the part from 7:29 onwards, it's just so gorgeous

Beautiful. There's a small part where a violin has a solo and kind of wobbles along. It's caring and kind and open. So lovely.

@no1Mariah

5 жыл бұрын

I love your choice of words.

@theseth455

2 жыл бұрын

Is it the part at 6:30?

@stickkid9746

2 жыл бұрын

I love how smooth the chord transitions are during that part

@metroidfoosion73

2 жыл бұрын

@@theseth455 I think they might mean the meandering part at 12:05z

Fantastic musk. An entire orchestra fully energetic, lovely and postitive and rhythmic shifts. Great music. Thanks for sharing it with us!

i can already imagine ravel being a Frenchman in America (since he and gershwin are friends)

Gershwin knocked it out of the park with this magnificent composition at seven minutes going into it is where starts to really to get to me! It's got to be the best song ever written. Bravo!

An absolute perfect masterpiece. Gershwin is and will always be my most favorite composer. This and the Rhapsody in Blue are mindbogglingly phenomenal.

I loved this as a teenage and I love this now. My 83 year old mom with alzheimer's responds to this- it's a story, it's a world she can really seems to get absorbed in. It's so good it just exists. I don't know how else to say it. It was just meant to be somehow!

Playing this in my orchestra (: A real delight. I love this piece!

@epicface281

10 жыл бұрын

As am I, It truly is quite a challenge.

@epicface281

10 жыл бұрын

it seems like most relies on the bases, more than usual.

@matthewfisher9222

9 жыл бұрын

Julien Marx that Song writer Megan Porter Bass all about "bass" ha very funny & so many people redone it to get more laugh Songs 'Ehh' bass no trebble.

The visuals you get in this piece are incredible.

My local classical radio station used to play 0:56-1:00 at precisely 7 AM each morning; it was my alarm to wake up for school. It's such a nostalgic sound.

Brilliant! My father had diverse musical taste. At Nine years old I would ask him to play this, I was captivated by this song. Even at that age I guess I understood what great music sounded like.

@donmontague4107

Жыл бұрын

I've seen a few comments like these, and I can relate. When I was a child my father used to play this while he stole Sidewinder missiles from the Bratislavian Airforce and painted geese in politically incorrect colour schemes.

meanwhile in an alternate universe: Jean Gershwin - "A Frenchman in Washington"

Saborear as obras musicais deste genio, George Gershwin, é experimentar a musicalidade de miríades de celestiais anjos louvando ao Criador.

This is truly American music at it’s azimuth…

@JM-cs3dc

2 жыл бұрын

Bravo to you!

Way before my time, but somehow feel as if I am back int the 1920s..marvelous!

@phillebo

4 жыл бұрын

I said this above, but I'll repeat myself. This is Big City music of the 20's.