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Music Appreciation

Montauk6

(8,075 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:18 PM Mar 2023

Lenny & The CSO- Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"

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Lenny & The CSO- Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" (Original Post) Montauk6 Mar 2023 OP

One of the truly great American musical masterpieces. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #1

Very Fun To Play, Too ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #2

OAITW r.2.0

(24,466 posts)

1. One of the truly great American musical masterpieces.

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:27 PM

Mar 2023

Gershwin absolutely captured the spirit of New York and the times that he experienced 1st hand.

ProfessorGAC

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2. Very Fun To Play, Too

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 9, 2023, 08:53 PM

Mar 2023

So much space in which to emote, with those tempo & mood changes built-in.
As lush & magnificent as this version, it is still well-suited to solo piano.
A nearly impossible feat for a composer.

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