Swanee (Gershwin, George)
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Performances
Arrangements and Transcriptions
Composer Improvisations
Piano roll recording
*#179639 - 2.11MB - 2:18 - (5) - - V/C/V - 1274x⇩
George Gershwin (piano)
New York: Duo-Art, No.1649, 1920.
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]
Impromptu improvisation, with quote from Winner's Listen to the Mocking Bird.
Not to be confused with the short transcription form George Gershwin's Songbook.
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Sheet Music
Voice and Piano
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Complete Score | PDF file, Scanned by Unknown |
| 4 (#2-5) pages, 0.40 MB | Uploader: Guifre (18 July 2011) | |
First edition (reprint)
English
New York: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, 1919. Plate 5935.
n.d. (1920 or later)
This file is public domain in the USA only!
It is not PD in Canada, the EU or elsewhere.
Color Cover
*#109743 - 0.09MB, 1 pp. - (1) - V/V/C - 1005x⇩
First edition
New York: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, 1919. Plate 5935.
n.d. (1920 or later)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
General Information
| Work Title | Swanee |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Gershwin, George |
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| Key | F minor/major |
| Movements/Sections | 1 |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1919 |
| First Performance | 1919-10 in New York: Capitol Theater |
| First Publication | 1919 – New York: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter |
| Librettist | Irving Caesar (1895-1996) |
| Language | English |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | Voice, piano |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
| Extra Information | The song was written for a New York City revue called "Demi-Tasse", which opened in October 1919 in the Capitol Theater. The song had little impact in its first show, but not long afterwards Gershwin played it at a party where Al Jolson heard it. Jolson then put it into his show Sinbad, already a success at the Winter Garden Theatre, and recorded it for Columbia Records in January 1920. Gershwhin himself made several piano roll recordings of the song. Possibly orchestrated, but by somebody other than the composer. |
