Arranging Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and the Creation of an American Icon

by Ryan Banagale and Ryan Ba?agale

Book Overview

In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Ba agale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis away from the notion of the Rhapsody as a static work by a single composer, Ba agale posits a broad vision of the piece that acknowledges the efforts of a variety of collaborators who shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199978387
• ISBN13: 9780199978380
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"