Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin, George)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 rhapsody
Composition Year 1924
Genre Categories Rhapsodies; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists; For 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano (arr); For 6 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the double bass (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For piano, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For orchestra with soloists (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

For Piano (Bar-Niv)

 Complete Performance
#506058 - 9.30MB - 16:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8611×⇩ - MP3 - Pianofingering

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Pianofingering (2017/12/23)

Publisher Info. AndreA, 1998.
Performers Rami Bar-Niv (piano)
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Video, Video
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#794766 - 234.66MB, 78 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1790×⇩ - Brodie h

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Brodie h (2022/7/4)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1924.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Holograph in pencil; includes additional markings in red and blue pencil. Caption title. 2-piano score; upper grand staff labeled as jazz band; lower grand staff as piano. Notated music ends on page 56; pages 57-62 have no music. Part of the George and Ira Gershwin Collection. (Library of Congress Music Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano and String Quintet (Sauter)

 Complete Score
#680701 - 0.65MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 15824×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2021/3/11)

⇒ 6 more: Complete Score (strings only) • Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello • Double Bass

 Complete Score (strings only)
#431890 - 0.76MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20566×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

 Violin 1
#431891 - 0.12MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6606×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

 Violin 2
#431892 - 0.11MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2916×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

 Viola
#431893 - 0.11MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2961×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

 Cello
#431894 - 0.10MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3444×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

 Double Bass
#431895 - 0.08MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3060×⇩ - Lsauter

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Lsauter (2016/7/26)

Arranger Louis Sauter
Publisher. Info. Louis Sauter
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This is an arrangement for string quintet of the 2nd piano accompaniment written by George Gershwin.
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For 2 Pianos (Gershwin)

 Complete Score
#10970 - 2.46MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 119614×⇩ - Turbando

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Turbando (2007/7/29)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. New York: T.B. Harms, 1924.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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For Piano (Gershwin)

 Complete Score
#891278 - 2.04MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 255×⇩ - Dbmiller

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Dbmiller (2023/12/31)

Publisher. Info. New York: Harms Inc., 1927.
Reprinted London: Chappell, 1927. Plate 31647.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#04305 - 8.43MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 147164×⇩ - Gnome3

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Gnome3 (2007/3/11)

 Complete Score
#10262 - 6.43MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 55516×⇩ - Sissco

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Sissco (2007/7/19)

Publisher. Info. New York: New World Music Corp., 1927. Plate S-109.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#554251 - 3.68MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12643×⇩ - JacopoTore

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JacopoTore (2018/12/26)

Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. New York: New World Music Corp., 1927. Plate S-109.
Reprinted Milan: Ricordi, 1928. Plate 127952.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#10769 - 1.17MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 83277×⇩ - Mcroskell

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Mcroskell (2007/7/25)

Publisher. Info. New York: New World Music Corp., 1927. Plate S-109.
Reprinted Midland Park: The University Society, n.d.(ca.1990).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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For Piano (Wasserman)

 Complete Score (CA)
#633563 - 1.29MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/36/28 - Mazin07

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Arranger Herman Wasserman (1896-1957)
Publisher. Info. Los Angeles: WB Music Corp., 1924, 1940. Plate S-831.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Selection: 4 measures before rehearsal 16

For Piano and Orchestra (Manookian)

 Score and Parts to 4 Missing Measures
#112304 - 0.06MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 82844×⇩ - Kerikan

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Kerikan (2011/8/5)

Arranger Jeff Manookian (1953-2021)
Publisher. Info. Windsor Editions
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Missing 4 Orchestra Measures to be inserted before Rehearsal Number "16"
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Free Recordings

Piano and Jazz Band (Grofé)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland. July 10, 2018.
Piano and String Quintet (Sauter)
Revital Hachamoff (piano)
Gilad Hildesheim and Abigel Kralik (violins), Lauren Siess (viola)
Daniel Hass (cello), Ross Gullo (double bass)
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General Information

Work Title Rhapsody in Blue
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 蓝色狂想曲; 藍色狂想曲; Błękitna rapsodia; רפסודיה בכחול; Рапсодия в стиле блюз; Rhapsodie en bleu; 랩소디 인 블루; แรพโซดีอินบลู; Rapsodia in blu; ラプソディ・イン・ブルー; Rapsodie v modrém; راپسودی در بلو; Rapsodija u plavom; Rapsódia v modrom; 蓝色仙人掌; Բլյուզի ոճով ռասպոդիա; Rapsodio en Bluo; افتتان باللون الأزرق; Γαλάζια Ραψωδία; Рапсодија во сино; Рапсодія у стилі блюз
Name Aliases רפסודיה בנוסח בלו; Голубая рапсодия; Rhapsodie en azur; Rapsodia en azul; Rapsodia en blue; Sininen rapsodia; Rapsodia in azzurro; ラプソディー・イン・ブルー; 藍色仙人掌; Блакитна рапсодія; Рапсодія у блакитних тонах; Рапсодія в блюзових тонах
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177809918; LCCN: n81081332; GND: 4428204-7; BNE: XX2242077
Composer Gershwin, George
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGG 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 rhapsody
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1924
First Performance. 1924-02-12 in New York, Aeolian Hall. Concert - An Experiment in Modern Music
George Gershwin (piano), Palais Royal Orchestra, Paul Whiteman (conductor)
Orchestration by Ferde Grofé (1892-1972)
First Publication. 1924 (2-piano score)
1927 (piano solo, Grofé's theatre orchestra arrangement)
1942 (Grofé's symphonic orchestration)
Copyright Information Ferde Grofé's (1892-1972) orchestrations are under copyright in many countries.
  • As of January 1, 2023 all four published Grofé orchestrations entered the Public Domain in the 50-pma countries (but not Canada). The 1924 Jazz Band and the 1926 Theatre Orchestra settings are now in the public in the USA. The 1942 orchestration remains under copyright in the USA until January 1, 2038.
Average DurationAvg. Duration 15 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation piano solo, jazz band (later orchestra)
InstrDetail
Jazz Band (1924 orchestration by Grofé)
oboe, 2 clarinets (2nd also E♭ clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 saxophones*
2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba (also double bass)
timpani, percussion**, piano (also celesta), tenor banjo, 8 violins
*2 alto saxs (1 also soprano, 2 also bass, tenor), tenor sax (also E♭ clarinet)
**drum set, glockenspiel, triangle, gong, bass drum, snare drum,
cymbals (crash, suspended, turkish cymbal)

Theatre Orchestra (1926 orchestration by Grofé)

flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 3 saxophones (AAT)
2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone
timpani, percussion*, tenor banjo, strings
*bass drum, snare drum, cymbals (crash, suspended), glockenspiel, triangle, gong

Symphonic Orchestra (1942 orchestration by Grofé)

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 3 saxophones (AAT)
3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion*, tenor banjo, strings
*bass drum, snare drum, cymbals (crash, suspended), glockenspiel, triangle, tam-tam
External Links Wikipedia article
Scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information Grofé's 1942 orchestration was the one most widely performed and recorded until recently.
About the Grofé orchestrations
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