1. Semester Project – Biography, Composition History, and Listening Guide By Jacob Stewart Introduction to Music 1010 Craig E. Ferrin, Ph.D.

2. Outline George Gershwin Biography The History Of “Rhapsody in Blue” “Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Bibliography

3. George Gershwin Biography Jacob Gershwine (George Gershwin) September 2, 1898 Moshe Gershovitz & Rose Bruskin (Parents)

4. “I have a new pupil who will make his mark if anybody will. The boy is a genius!” – Charles Hambitzer

5. George “Song Plugger” Gershwin

6. Gershwin’s First Published Song - Earned Him $5

7. Over 2 Million Records Sold First Complete Broadway Musical

8. George Gershwin (left) with his brother Ira Gershwin (right)

9. 1931 Pulitzer Prize For Dramas

10. Rhapsody in Blue

11. First large-scale piece written without piano

12. Works Written For Broadway

13. Starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Starring Fred Astaire & Joan Fontaine

14. Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (where Gershwin was admitted)

15. George Gershwin 1898- 1937

16. George Gershwin

17. The History of “Rhapsody in Blue”

18. “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.” -Gershwin

19. Hastiness Begets Greatness!

20. “Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Theme C Recap

21. Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C Recap

22. Piano A Theme A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C Coda/ Recap

23. Theme B Theme A Piano APiano BPiano CTheme C Coda/ Recap

24. Piano B Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano CTheme C Coda/ Recap

25. Theme C Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Coda/ Recap

26. Piano C Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BTheme C Coda/ Recap

27. Coda/Recap of Theme A & B Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano CTheme C

28. “Rhapsody in Blue” Listening Guide Theme A Piano A Theme B Piano BPiano C Theme C Recap

29. Bibliography

31. THE END