Arranging Gershwin

Arranging Gershwin
Title Arranging Gershwin PDF eBook
Author Ryan Bañagale
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 233
Release 2014-09-11
Genre Music
ISBN 0199978409

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In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Bañagale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis away from the notion of the Rhapsody as a static work by a single composer, Bañagale posits a broad vision of the piece that acknowledges the efforts of a variety of collaborators who shaped the Rhapsody as we know it today. Arranging Gershwin sheds new light on familiar musicians such as Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, introduces lesser-known figures such as Ferde Grofé and Larry Adler, and remaps the terrain of this emblematic piece of American music. At the same time, it expands on existing approaches to the study of arrangements -- an emerging and insightful realm of American music studies -- as well as challenges existing and entrenched definitions of composer and composition. Based on a host of newly discovered manuscripts, the book significantly alters existing historical and cultural conceptions of the Rhapsody. With additional forays into visual media, including the commercial advertising of United Airlines and Woody Allen's Manhattan, it moreover exemplifies how arrangements have contributed not only to the iconicity of Gershwin and Rhapsody in Blue, but also to music-making in America -- its people, their pursuits, and their processes.

Arranging Gershwin

Arranging Gershwin
Title Arranging Gershwin PDF eBook
Author Ryan Raul Bañagale
Publisher
Pages 233
Release 2014
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0199978379

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In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Bañagale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis away from the notion of the Rhapsody as a static work by a single composer, Bañagale posits a broad vision of the piece that acknowledges the efforts of a variety of collaborators who shaped the Rhapsody as we know it today. Arranging Gershwin sheds new light on familiar musicians such as Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, introduces lesser-known figures such as Ferde Grofé and Larry Adler, and remaps the terrain of this emblematic piece of American music. At the same time, it expands on existing approaches to the study of arrangements -- an emerging and insightful realm of American music studies -- as well as challenges existing and entrenched definitions of composer and composition. Based on a host of newly discovered manuscripts, the book significantly alters existing historical and cultural conceptions of the Rhapsody. With additional forays into visual media, including the commercial advertising of United Airlines and Woody Allen's Manhattan, it moreover exemplifies how arrangements have contributed not only to the iconicity of Gershwin and Rhapsody in Blue, but also to music-making in America -- its people, their pursuits, and their processes.

A Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin

A Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin
Title A Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin PDF eBook
Author George Gershwin
Publisher Warner Bros Publications
Pages 96
Release 1983
Genre Music
ISBN 9780897242615

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(Piano Solo Composer Collection). This folio features 31 piano solo arrangements by Dan Coates of Gershwin classics, including: 'S Wonderful * Strike Up the Band * The Man I Love * My One and Only * Embraceable You * and more.

Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard

Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard
Title Meet George Gershwin At The Keyboard PDF eBook
Author George Gershwin
Publisher Faber & Faber
Pages 0
Release 2006-06
Genre Motion picture music
ISBN 9780571526772

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A terrific collection of songs by George Gershwin that the composer has arranged as piano solos. Ideal for the intermediate pianist and a great insight into the mind of one America's greatest composers. Titles: The Man I Love * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * Do It Again * Fascinating Rhythm * Oh, Lady Be Good * Somebody Loves Me * Sweet and Low Down * Clap Yo' Hands * Do Do Do * My One and Only * 'S Wonderful * Strike Up the Band * I Got Rhythm * Who Cares? * That Certain Feeling * Liza

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue
Title Rhapsody in Blue PDF eBook
Author George Gershwin
Publisher Alfred Music
Pages 42
Release 1994-11-02
Genre Music
ISBN 1457493438

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To provide greater availability for a work of such importance, the original publishers secured from Gershwin a solo piano version wherein the orchestral parts are fused together with the solo piano part (PS0047). Due to concerns that the composer's arrangement presented too many technical demands to pianists not possessing the requisite technique, a modified arrangement was delicately solicited from pianists of the time. (Gershwin's untimely death precluded any modification from the composer himself.) Many attempts at technical modifications were rejected on ethical grounds until Herman Wasserman--who taught Gershwin to play the piano--submitted a manuscript which became this edition. Several prominent pianists who reviewed the score all attested to the amazing reduction in technical demands while retaining the clarity, sonority, and brilliance of the original. This edition is designed for Early Advanced pianists, although some sections, including the well-known Moderato middle section, are accessible to those performing at less-advanced levels.

Arranged by Nelson Riddle

Arranged by Nelson Riddle
Title Arranged by Nelson Riddle PDF eBook
Author Nelson Riddle
Publisher Alfred Music
Pages 204
Release
Genre Music
ISBN 9781457467929

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The definitive study of arranging by America's premiere composer, arranger and conductor. A "must" for every musician interested in a greater understanding of arranging. Includes chapters on instrumentation, orchestration and Nelson Riddle's work with Sinatra, Cole and Garland.

Duo-art Music Bulletin

Duo-art Music Bulletin
Title Duo-art Music Bulletin PDF eBook
Author Aeolian Company
Publisher
Pages 660
Release 1923
Genre Player piano
ISBN

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