2-Piano Score and
Critical Report 2 Pianos,
4 Hands (Piano Score)
SKU: HL.49047271
Solo Piano and Jazz
Band 2-Piano Score and
Critical Report.
Composed by George
Gershwin. Edited by Ryan
Paul Bañ and agale.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover. 110
pages. Duration 1020
seconds. Schott Music
#GIGE2102. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49047271).
The names of
George Gershwin
(1898-1937) and Ira
Gershwin (1896-1983) are
synonymous across the
globe with American
musical creativity. The
Gershwin family estates,
their publishers, and the
University of Michigan
have joined forces to
produce The George and
Ira Gershwin Critical
EditionÂ?the first-ever
scholarly edition of the
Gershwins' music and
lyrics. This all-new
practical edition
facilitates both study
and performance, giving a
wide audience of
musicians, scholars,
students, and enthusiasts
alike greater insight
into the GershwinsÂ?
art. The goal is to
create clear and
definitive publications
that achieve the most
accurate representations
possible of the Gershwin
brothers' unique and
pioneering creativity.
This all-new critical
edition of the original
1924 arrangement of
George Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue presents
an authoritative
transcription of arranger
Ferde Grofé's
handwritten holograph
score preserved in the
collection of the United
States Library of
Congress in Washington,
DC. The edition
represents as best as
possible the piece as
premiered by the Paul
Whiteman Orchestra at his
â??Experiment in Modern
Musicâ? concert on
February 12, 1924.
Grofé prepared the
score for the specific
talents and timbres of
the Whiteman Orchestra,
largely from an ink fair
copy of Gershwin's
two-piano short-score
manuscript. Gershwin
continued to modify the
piano solo portion of
this short score during
rehearsals and, most
likely, even after the
premiere of the
piece.