Swanee (Gershwin, George)

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Performances

Recordings

Composer Improvisations

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Performer Pages George Gershwin (piano)
Publisher Info. New York: Duo-Art, No.1649, 1920.
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Misc. Notes 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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Composer Improvisations

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Publisher Info. New York: Duo-Art, No.1649, 1920.
Performers George Gershwin (piano)
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Misc. Notes MIDI transcription of the original piano roll.
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

Scores

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Publisher. Info. New York: T.B. Harms, 1919. Plate 5935.
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Publisher. Info. New York: T.B. Harms, 1919.
Reprinted George Gershwin's Songbook, No.1
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano (Gershwin)

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Arranger Composer
Editor Herman Wasserman (1896-1957)
Second edition
Publisher. Info. George Gershwin's Songbook, No.1
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941.
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General Information

Work Title Swanee
Alternative. Title
Composer Gershwin, George
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IGG 26
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1919
First Performance. 1919-10 in New York: Capitol Theater
First Publication. 1919 – New York: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
Copyright Information Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece items containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server (located in Canada) until 70 years after the death of the author(s). Items with text first published before 1929 or otherwise confirmed as public domain in the United States can be uploaded to the US server only.
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Librettist Irving Caesar (1895-1996)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
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.