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 ...
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 ...
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our real national anthem. Not the one inspired by the 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, set to the tune of an English drinking song and featuring a high note, ...
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