Rhapsody in Blue
Musical composition
By: George Gershwin
Date: January 7, 1924
Source: Gershwin, George. Rhapsody in Blue. January 7, 1924. Piano and Orchestra: Arr. from Old Catalog. Reprinted in Jablonski, Edward, and Lawrence D. Stewart, The Gershwin Years. New York: Doubleday and Company, 1958, p. 82.
About the Author: George Gershwin (1898–1937) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His first job in the music business was as sheet music promoter at Remick's, in the neighborhood known as Tin Pan Alley. He sat in a little booth at a piano so customers could listen to him play the latest tunes. In 1924, he began collaborating with his brother Ira. Together, they produced some of the most enduring songs in American history. George Gershwin died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of thirty-nine.
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