"Rhapsody in Blue" turns 100

[@margieerwin5798]

Happy 100th birthday, Rhapsody in Blue. I’m sure George Gershwin is happily celebrating his masterpiece in heaven.

[@cyleoharmonica]

Thank you for the feature!

[@huntress1863]

Every time I hear this song, I immediately think of NYC, and Fantasia 2000 did a beautiful job of capturing the spirit of musicality of NYC in their segment. My all-time favorite piece from Fantasia 2000!

[@BJDJMusic]

Rhapsody in Blue is still my favorite song of my life! As a classically trained pianist, I was inspired by this piece because of Fantasia 2000 and from that time on, I wanted to practice that piece until I got my dream come true at a high school recital. I deeply thank Gershwin for sending me this beautifully grand song!

[@fayechamp4156]

Thanks for sharing Sunday morning CBS is so informative . I learned so much over the years

[@TTM9691]

The end of this segment was beautifully and masterfully edited, kudos.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

First experience the piece with Fantasia 2000. This is a masterpiece of the Jazz era.

[@michaellarsen2187]

Same here. It was a great way to discover it.

[@rusticatanjuatco3907]

Yes, from our grandparents, to everyone in our family circles, we loved Rhapsody in Blue! It is a favourite classical piece played by our eldest sister, a professional pianist! ❤

[@cassiepittman1489]

My mom,Rosalee, is 83 now and she just loves this masterpiece !:) 🩵i will be 51 in February 💜 and I have grown to love it as well👏love your show ...one of our family's favorite show🌞much love from Missouri ✌️💙🤩

[@jayrutter6111]

We create such beauty, we are capable of such great soul satisfying memories. Remember that on November 5th.

[@sportssciotaku7149]

5:15, so true. When I hear this song I think of NYC. For me it's the anthem of the city. Yes, it has its problems but there's so much to do and see. About eleven and a half minutes in when the strings and piano play I get emotional sometimes. Just imagining NYC, the hustle and bustle, how so many people from all over the world can be in once place but also have so much history in it's buildings and museums. I love that song and that city.

[@lindadeal3344]

Love it!

[@jasobres]

Thank you for correcting the subtitle at the beginning. (It originally misidentified the clip as originating from the original 1940 Fantasia.)

[@DavidPogue]

Our pleasure!

[@gigibluestockings5168]

I remember hearing this during lunchtime in my elementary school cafeteria in the 60s. I still ❤️ it.

[@alexanderahamilton6123]

Bravo! Great piece! [and the segment was pretty good too ;) ]

[@DavidPogue]

LOL!

[@TylerRakstis]

Thank God they acknowledged how most of us millennials got introduced to this musical composition, being Disney's Fantasia 2000.

[@j_e_hill]

My favorite, all my life. Finally saw it live this year. My “home” song. Thanks to UA for introducing it to me.

[@JamesAllmond]

Sweet, one of my favorite pieces of music!

[@matteoromenghi]

A timeless masterpiece. I love it!

[@TheMikester307]

I first fell in love with this in College, off my parents' Oscar Levant 78 recording and an L.P. of Leonard Bernstein playing and conducting it! Love it!

[@AlyraMoondancer]

I have that Leonard Bernstein recording, too! I first heard it when I was a toddler, and didn't like it. But when I was in high school, a friend of mine was learning some Gershwin piano pieces, and I absolutely fell in love with Gershwin. I remembered my parents had that record, with Rhapsody in Blue on one side and An American in Paris on the other. I found it and listened to it, absolutely rapt. I couldn't help but wonder what the heck was wrong with me when I was three? Fifty-odd years later, I have tears in my eyes from hearing this beautiful music.

[@tavvyprods1275]

This tune just so happens to be my all time favorite piece of classical music.

[@scottnowell4975]

Best song ever.

[@janetf23]

David Pogue and Michael Feinstein are the ideal pair for this canny glimpse of the centennial celebrations for this profoundly stirring masterpiece by George Gershwin. 👏🎶💙

[@williamjones7163]

I had an MRI and had my choice of music. I chose Rhapsody In Blue. I didn't want my MRI to end. Since I knew when it would end I was ready for a repeat.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

One of my favorite pieces!

[@bobmearns9774]

So many United DC10 cross country boardings, so many times I could have just sat back and enjoy the piece beginning to end.

[@audreyfischer8662]

Bravo! Well produced story.!

[@frankwafer6919]

Excellent - Bravo! 💯💥👍!

[@j_e_hill]

“An experiment in modern music”. Indeed, so many great contributions to our culture were exactly that: an experiment. And thank goodness people are willing to do just that.

[@sirbones]

happy belated birthday to this classic

[@gatorncali]

Love this...

[@justinkaviar]

Great piece! Very insightful and positive!

[@fredricclack7137]

1 of my FAVz 🎶🤤

[@Joe_J-MT_Boy]

I've always loved this piece ever since I was a little boy. I have a Stereophile version of it that is glorious in its sound quality. Having a very nice stereo system at this point in my life, when I give it a little volume, the power and majesty... and the feel of being a purely American piece of music really comes through. I loved this CBS Sunday Morning piece on it in that I learned quite a bit of its history as a piece of music and about Gershwin as a composer. Age 25 when he wrote this - in 2 weeks... unbelievable.

[@joelapera6676]

best song ever written. nothing else to be said

[@davefairburn3298]

It is the creative Beach Boy Brian Wilson's favorite song. Growing up & listening to it, he was struck by the tempo changes.

[@rusticatanjuatco3907]

To everyone’s interest in this great musical piece! Thanksvmuch! ❤🎉🙏👏😀

[@UAL320]

Don’t forget Mayor Michelle Wu’s recent performance with the Boston Pops! 👍🏻

[@el_puma_real]

I agree, when I hear it I think ‘New York City’ Such a beautiful piece.

[@kennethchia4194]

KZbin algorithm, thank you. I went searching for "Rhapsody in Blue" yesterday simply because I realized it was 100 and today this shows up.

[@samanmaleesilva3774]

I would like to thank you for this short news item on the subject of music. Such a beak from the usual news items.

[@DavidTheHypnotist]

Wonderful video!

[@david.mcmahan]

Always a favorite for me. My grandmother encouraged my appreciation, but I'm certain that the United ads introduced me.

[@UAL320]

3:33 Wow, Elgar and Gershwin together in the same concert….

[@lupinbandito]

A singular piece of beauty. An amazing a cappella homage is Ambience's version "Rhapsody of New York".

[@malcolmdale9607]

My Uncle Manny Starkey conducted the first performance in England at the London Palladium on 3rd April 1928.

[@djjoeykmusic]

Very cool Thank you

[@candy9986]

🎶💙 Beloved 💙🎶

[@paulanderson9650]

I can think of very few, if any, more quintessential American songs than Rhapsody in Blue.

[@trgethan2470]

i literally got introduced to rhapsody in blue through a stickman animation. My most favorite song ever, since that day.

[@johngee876]

If the CT had been invented a few decades earlier, think of all the pain Gershwin would’ve been spared, and all the glorious pieces he might’ve written.

[@muslimamze]

From 1:03 min played Kyzylorda SIMPHONY (Kazakhstan) with Saiddin Baltabay (Austria).

[@jeannehall6546]

Unbelievable! 😮😳

[@Mo-MuttMusic]

Thanks for sharing! An amazing work! Shawn R., Mo-Mutt Music/Sacred & Secular

[@ShirleyTodd-ou2rk]

Beautiful.🌹💕🌺💄💥💥❤️

[@alvinchen6262]

So strange that the concert ended with Pomp and Circumstance

[@kennethchia4194]

Everyone got handed a diploma as they walked out

[@ukulelemikeleii]

Where or where can I hear the entire recreated Rhapsody In Blue concert done by the Avalanche Orchestra???

[@DanielKolbin]

moment

[@ainurkunshigarova2078]

👏

[@claudetteholloway1126]

The NYC city anthem.

[@jeshkam]

"Chapter one. "...

[@zmw711]

Oh. *Blue*. Not *Bloom*.

[@DarkPCTV]

Other than Sinatra's New York, New York and Alicia Keys' Empire State of mind as a contemporary, there isn't a piece that symbolizes New York than Rhapsody In Blue.

[@okonh0wp]

Did Ira have musical talent or just words?

[@kascnef]

The United theme ✈️

[@ge2623]

So, I have to wait another 100 years for "Rhapsody in Burnt Umber" to be recognized?

[@RoundingThird]

This didn't turn 100. Trump will tell us all in 2 weeks that he wrote it and half the country will eat it up.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

I wonder when the EDM remix version is gonna' drop? ;-)

[@kodiazero]

never heard of this

[@kathecronin6411]

How could you not include "an American in Paris"......

[@stevenfaulkner6968]

We could boil the whole thing down to ten minutes and not lose a thing.

[@nancydaugherty159]

I geared up