Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin
“"It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a composer – I frequently hear music in the very heart of the noise.... And there I suddenly heard, and even saw on paper – the complete construction of the Rhapsody, from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already in my mind and tried to conceive the composition as a whole. I heard it as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our metropolitan madness. By the time I reached Boston I had a definite plot of the piece, as distinguished from its actual substance."”
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"It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a composer – I frequently hear music in the very heart of the noise.... And there I suddenly heard, and even saw on paper – the complete construction of the Rhapsody, from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already in my mind and tried to conceive the composition as a whole. I heard it as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our metropolitan madness. By the time I reached Boston I had a definite plot of the piece, as distinguished from its actual substance."
Yes, it's pretentious. No, I don't care.
This may be my last jam so I'll play my favorite piece of music.
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I love me some Gershwin. No lie.
I often think fondly of this
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt61nr_tom-jerry-mouse-in-manhattan-1945-full_shortfilms
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You need not be a fan of classical music to appreciate this charming, and delicate, and powerfull, and mystiriously wonderfull #RhapsodyInBlue
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