Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin

[@Jack-v2n5n]

In 2024 this piece will turn 100. It's awesome.

[@Mishairl]

hah i see we had the same idea did u searched 1924 ? :D

[@es4086]

it's 100 years old now :)

[@mortenrobinson5421]

Today actually ❤ Happy 100 years birthday Rhapsody in Blue 🎂

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

Today!! ❤

[@adamhenderly1602]

It turns 100 today

[@eldrichery853]

Fun fact: the clarinet solo at the very beginning of the track was basically the musician (virtuoso Ross Gorman) doing an "improvised joke" at a rehearsal of the first concert ever in which this song would be played. Much to his surprise, instead of laughs or discontent from Gershwin, Gorman was met with his immediate approval. Actually, even though it was a "jokeful" and "improvised" addition to his original composition, Mr. Gershwin loved it so much he chose to modify the clarinet part so it would always be played that way.

[@hansdekorver7365]

Indeed he did a glissando ! ( And later Gershwin wrote it down )

[@magnusm4]

I love history trivia like this. It's the cherry on top that makes timeless gold.

[@JoanKSX]

Wow. Great to know more about the behind this piece stories =D

[@YakmanOx]

It sounds perfect though! Like a great big sun yawning as the day starts.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Why wouldn't he? I mean, the piece is called Rhapsody in _Blue,_ the whole thing is a bit silly, light-hearted, and *FUN!*

[@denisseparrar]

This masterpiece turns 100 years old today!!! What a great gift to humanity. Thank you Master Gershwin ❤️

[@christianweatherbroadcasting]

Repent and trust in Jesus. We all deserve Hell for our sins, such as lying lusting coveting and more. We can't save ourselves, but Jesus can save us. He died on the cross to save us for our sins and rose from the grave defeating death and Hell. You must put your faith in him only. He is the only way to Heaven. Repent and trust in Jesus. Romans 6:23 John 3:16❤😊❤❤

[@Stiggandr1]

What are you talking about? The video is only 12 years old.

[@briannac2231]

@@Stiggandr1what are YOU talking about? This song was composed in 1924

[@jirihorsky4599]

@@Stiggandr1 🤣🤣🤣

[@topwolf2977]

​@@Stiggandr1bro....

[@robertsimpson4532]

100 years ago Today on February 12th 1924 was the first performance of Rhapsody in Blue. The performance was in the Aeolian Hall, New York city.

[@paklaselt2198]

The song reminds me of New York even though I didn't know that.

[@kjj26k]

​@@paklaselt2198 This piece is Programmatic--meant to evoke specific imagery and ideas in the audience. Gershwin was intentionally trying to musically depict the City of New York in this work.

[@rogersmith1746]

@@kjj26kWorks on me every time I hear it!

[@justbreathebydenise6755]

Thank you for the info...

[@mettycandy]

I was born in a generation that allows me to listen to this whenever I want

[@purplegurl79]

Generation x? 1979

[@matthias4522]

Yes! But a generation that rather decides to listen simple pop

[@madhavraghu]

@@matthias4522 You're generalizing. Are you trying to say that the original commenter listens to simple pop?

[@sonozaki0000]

@@matthias4522 The pretentiousness coming off of you is absolutely nauseating

[@milkycat6901]

@@matthias4522 aren't you just so smart and pompous

[@gershwingala1914]

0:00 Ritornello Theme 3:32 "Train" Theme 4:12 "Stride" Theme 4:59 "Shuffle" Theme 6:12 "Stride Reprise" 7:44 "Ritornello Reprise" 8:51 "Shuffle Reprise" 10:37 "Love" Theme 15:29 "Stride Finale" 16:05 "Ritornello Finale"

[@bread9072]

Thank you

[@justinthepirate7998]

@Martin van Buren Hello President Martin van Buren

[@ryandeluca3511]

I like the train part, underrated

[@Zaiaam]

STRIDE IS SO FUCKING GOOD

[@TooOldForThis]

How did I know exactly what part the love theme was referring to?

[@RippedPantsss]

I got the honor to play the lead clarinet on this piece of music on Carnegie Hall, so amazing

[@adgeeugeni7536]

That is awesome!!! Congrats!!

[@TheMasterTroll360]

Ditto congrats that must have been a crazy experience!!

[@lostpockets2227]

OMG hi Nate!!!

[@Ria.ray77257]

Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

[@lostpockets2227]

@@Ria.ray77257 ty Ria

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

I love this compositions as much as I did when I heard it years ago. Listening in December 2024. Who else is listening now ! I love Gershwin .... from Fort, Texas

[@justbreathebydenise6755]

I'm listening now and always in December 2024. I love Gershwin...from Detroit Michigan

[@cfang8776]

This is how it goes to me: 0:00 to 2:57 - New York City being built and growing 2:57 to 3:33 - walking down 5th Ave. in NYC 3:33 to 4:48 - evening rush hour 4:48 to 4:57 - a bag floating on all the wind currents around the building of NYC 4:57 to 5:56 - a train coming into a city from the country side, and driving next to the interstate full of cars 5:56 to 6:03 - a person riding their bike up a hill 6:03 to 6:12 - a person running to work 6:12 to 7:44 - a lovely elderly couple walking through central park, with a person walking past them every so often 7:44 to 7:54 - a taxi being hailed 7:54 to 8:23 - a family band playing in the subway 8:23 to 8:48 - a pair of birds fluttering around 8:48 to 9:02 - a group of friends stumbling around after a night out 9:02 to 9:32 - a lonely car on the street driving out of town 9:32 to 10:12 - morning rush hour 10:12 to 10:37 - a car accident with an ambulance saving the people 10:37 to 11:23 - all the flowers opening to the sunshine 11:23 to 12:26 - someone leaving the city on the train while crying and waiving goodbye to all their friends 12:26 to 12:36 - a light rain over the town before the train leaves 12:36 to 13:40 - the train leaving and the crying person seeing the realizing that they had made the right decision and seeing the beauty of the country side 13:40 to 14:12 - the lover of the person who left chasing the train because they love that person 14:12 to 14:20 - the lover proposes 14:20 to 14:34 - the couple (engaged now) racing back home 14:34 to 15:02 - the couple gets married 15:02 to 15:29 - the couple rushing to jobs and having a child 15:29 to 16:04 - the child's first parade 16:04 to 16:26 - the family playing in the park at the end of a spectacular day. Sorry this was so long, I hope you liked my interpretation of this piece. Also, kudos to you for reading all of this.

[@christophergeorge8042]

Your description of this is perfect

[@ShadowInTheWind88]

You should make a video out of this. Totally nailed it!

[@lmallanao]

+ShadowInTheWind88 Agreed :D. someone make a nice animation out of this in the style of the picture. But please dont make *everything* blue XD

[@lmallanao]

+Colton Fangmeier From 15:29 to 16:04, i think of that child's first marching band competition/festival performance. and at 10:37 to 12:26, i think of someone throwing a paper airplane off the empire state building and it flies around the world, and people are pointing at it from Central Park (No, not cause of the airplane commercial. I didn't know about it until after we started playing this piece in my band class XD ) ps, love your interpretation of the music

[@jammamammaa]

+Colton Fangmeier Hot damn, you put a lot of thought into that.

[@chielwouterscw]

It's crazy how well this is written. It's glamorous, humorous, tragic, melancholic, triumphant and so much more. If something is a perfect example of a rhapsody this is it.

[@xoticenigma6297]

Are you single?

[@lilyliao9521]

@@xoticenigma6297 bruh what

[@xoticenigma6297]

@@lilyliao9521 I believe that I am allowed to scavenge around for a piece of ass on KZbin, bruh…

[@artmynk8999]

@@xoticenigma6297 bro what

[@saltburner2]

I like the story of how, when he asked Ravel for lessons, the latter asked him 'How much do you make?' When Gershwin told him, Ravel said:' Then it is I who should be taking lessons from you!'

[@mary3844]

My husband was a pilot for United Airlines- This has been their Theme song for many years- It is such a beautiful piece of music!

[@CongressSux1776]

It’s always awesome to hear this piece for the pre-flight video on a United flight It’s equally horrible one of America oldest airlines has gone “woke” and is more worried about their pilots skin-color or gender as opposed to their pilot’s qualifications

[@detectivewoosher]

@@CongressSux1776 This was a lovely comment talking about music, why did you feel the need to bring your personal hatred into this

[@CongressSux1776]

@@detectivewoosher Hey, Go fuck yourself for calling my facts “hatred”

[@Fran-px1oh]

I was poor to the bone, but this music always make me feel rich and high class!!

[@julioramonfigueroadelbusto4585]

That's nice to hear. You are something special. Music like this let me dream a feel diferent too.

[@RussNoeHnHShow]

Its hard to explain but to me this piece sounds like being poor to the bone but with the ambitions of being rich and high and class

[@govetter]

That Disney version..

[@justbreathebydenise6755]

​​@@RussNoeHnHShowindeed it does make me feel rich and high class!

[@justbreathebydenise6755]

Indeed it does...

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

This piece feels like the bustling development of a prosperous, booming, 1920s New York City.

[@billd9667]

Steam ships, train soot, tooting horns and all. All the things that some people complain about all the time (especially from people who either visited once or not at all). In other words, the hustle and bustle of life itself.

[@ferencmarcellpalyi220]

Yeah it really is I can remember it

[@justaregularoldkgbagent4068]

It was all good, until the economy went bust

[@upresins]

Reminds me of the 1930 Chaplin movie 'Citylights'

[@antonioguglielmetti2661]

Probably any growing city at the time like LA and Detroit and Chicago because it's also 2nd largest

[@tiergas98]

Listening to this to celebrate it being officially in the public domain

[@origamiandcats6873]

Me too. it only took 100 years.

[@SimonFraser4]

@@origamiandcats6873 95 years.

[@seaotter4439]

@@origamiandcats6873 Well, almost. In the US, in order for a work to be in the public domain, it must be made so at least 95 years after its initial publication (this used to be 56, however Disney changed all that in the 90s, which is why we have the 95 year law), as well as 70 years after the death of the author, like in other countries. Exceptions to this law include works that have a faulty or missing copyright, like D.O.A. (1950), Night of the Living Dead (1968), and Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), works that have no copyright due to a decision by the creator, like Creative Commons works, works that have failed to renew their copyright, like Max Fleischer cartoons and almost the entire extant DuMont Television Network archive, works that aren't made by a human (see Stern Electronics Inc. v. Kaufman, which rules that video game images may be copyrighted), and works made by the federal government, like the Private Snafu cartoons.

[@yacob1113]

Too bad KZbin won't let us play it over other apps

[@DacStudiosEntertainment]

Wait it is?

[@sharonhines3476]

Makes me nostalgic for a time when I wasn't alive and a place I've never been to. Beautiful.

[@tonyaharman8369]

We can but dream!

[@elizabethhamilton1166]

I never knew my mother's father but listening to this composer he loved bridges the gap between us. He was an artist and photographer in NYC and died 2 years after Gershwin. I wish I had known you, Lester!

[@thomasray-hu1to]

bruh :)

[@RCBuilds7]

bait@@thomasray-hu1to

[@RCBuilds7]

bhitaaaaa

[@silviapenza8321]

My Sister Georgiana first played this masterpiece for me when we were in grade school, her teacher played this that day in class. We loved it. When she died we played this. Miss you sis RIP Love you.

[@KershAkaKershy]

my grandpa died yesterday in my arms. i loved him with all my heart and i miss him so so so much. this was one of the songs we used to listen to together when i was a kid even though he wasnt some kind of a classical music fan but this one really spoke to us. i miss him so so much

[@cristianhcm1914]

God bless your Grandpa. How wonderful that you shared this experience with him.

[@Diana.Prince]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Good on to those beautiful memories. May your grandpa‘s memory be a blessing.

[@DiscoPvPMegaWalls]

hope you're doing alright

[@saraesther16]

Era una de las preferidas de mi padre, junto con Porgy & Besos, y también era algo importante que compartíamos.

[@BlondieChipz]

My symphaties. 😔

[@psychocuda]

This might be the most perfect piece ever composed. The complexity: it's a roller coaster of emotions from elation and determination to sadness, isolation and defeat, back to unabashed triumph. Like all the emotions of New York, the can-do attitude, the downtrodden, the forgotten, the glorious. The serenity, even whimsical humor with the muted trumpets. I don't think I've ever managed to make it through this piece without getting teary-eyed. It was an absolute tragedy Gershwin was taken at such a young age. That mind...that mind what it could have done if given even more time.

[@darklordsauron3415]

Wtf. I have anhedonia and don’t feel anything positive my entire life. This mate here just described all these emotions out of a single stupid song.

[@diggerpete9334]

Don't over do it.

[@anyloli]

That's why it's called Rhapsody.

[@vulpesmacrotis1990]

@@darklordsauron3415This comment is so funny to me. Opening it saying you’ve never felt a positive emotion in your life and then the comments about how you’re confused someone got positive emotions of a song is a baller move

[@HellSpawn88]

The first glissando intentionally made.to sound like a police car 💕

[@Allan-uk9qb]

My mom made sure there was always healthy amounts of good quality music in our home. So glad of this

[@doodlesbyalex8765]

Hey, Reveluvs and Music Enthusiasts!! I'll just be listing down my theories for what could be sampled from this wonderful piece. 0:03 Possible Birthday Intro + vocals 5:28 Possible Birthday Chorus 2:58 Possible Birthday Post Chorus 3:14 Possible Birthday Verse (1?) 3:29 Possible Killing Point?? 5:56 Possible Birthday Rap Section 13:40 Possible Birthday Rap Section 15:02 Possible Birthday Adlibs 6:05 Possible Birthday Verse (2?) 14:40 Possible Birthday Chorus 7:51 Possible Birthday Dance Break 8:28 Possible Birthday Dance Break 8:50 Possible Birthday Fan Chant 9:33 Possible Birthday Bridge Rap 10:33 Possible Birthday Bridge 10:02 Possible Birthday Post Bridge 11:40 Possible Birthday Bridge 12:10 Possible Birthday High Notes 12:27 Possible Birthday Killing Point 15:30 Possible Birthday Final Chorus 16:00 Possible Birthday Outro UPDATE: WE WON, THE BIRTHDAY MV TEASER SAMPLED 0:46, 2:58, AND 5:28 ANOTHER UPDATE: THE SONG IS COMING OUT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, SEE YOU ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE!!! P.S. Check out the Fantasia animation for Rhapsody in Blue, it's one of my childhood favorites!!

[@wanieyyhaniss]

I'm sorry but the intro really gives me tom and Jerry vibe, like when jerry try to do smth to tom. I can't unhear it tho

[@doodlesbyalex8765]

@@wanieyyhaniss Nothing wrong with that, they did something similar in Russian Roulette if you can recall the brief moments of animation hehe

[@wanieyyhaniss]

@@doodlesbyalex8765 ohh sorry if u misunderstand my words, I just want to say that I never know that this song is used in a lot of cartoons. So it's interesting to see how it will sound like in red velvet song😃

[@doriaalvinces.7129]

Yes, Rhapsody in Blue was also used in some Tom and Jerry episodes. I can really tell as a tom and jerry fan

[@doodlesbyalex8765]

@@wanieyyhaniss Ohhh okay I get what you mean now, apologies for that misunderstanding. And yes, there's actually a lot of classical/jazz music pieces that are used in cartoons. Rhapsody in Blue is quite a popular choice, especially with Tom and Jerry.

[@redd.rabbit]

fun fact. the clarinet scale you hear at the beginning was created by the player warming up his instrument, but the composer heard and like it, and decided to incorporate into the piece. Now that little warm-up will be the most recognizable openings in the history of ever.

[@redd.rabbit]

How so? I've been told this by numerous of my history teachers. What do you think?

[@sidneyrobinson18]

The technical term for it is glisando, and is a pretty damn difficult warm up technique lmao

[@knuthf]

It is wrong - the glicsando is a phrase Gerswin placed there, on a clarinet to get it started, in a "jazz-like" setting.

[@myrusEW]

Proof?

[@eatttheball]

Glissandos are super difficult. I’ve succeeded in doing one once. All other attempts have resulted in earrape

[@melissagahn]

One of my dad's favorite tunes. He blasted this so loud once, he blew out a window in our home. Rest in Peace, Daddy. I miss and love you so much.

[@leilanilogan40]

Came here to hear it because it was also one of my Dad's favorite.

[@carols6542]

Same here. My father's also. He used to conduct his imaginary orchestra to this majestic piece.

[@melissagahn]

@@leilanilogan40 My father exposed us to a lot of different music. But this one tune, in particular, was his favorite.

[@melissagahn]

@@carols6542 My dad loved this tune, I play it whenever I miss him.

[@jillfeldmeyer]

Great comment! Your dad had to have been a great guy to 'blow-out' over this piece!

[@nssrrailfan]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RHAPSODY IN BLUE! 100 years old, Wow! Such a magnificent piece.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

wait this piece just composed in 1924?

[@nssrrailfan]

@@Rusli1659LPSoldier Yeah

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@nssrrailfan I never knew this is the oldest piece in the entire world. rather than Beethoven, Vivaldi and other classics.

[@nssrrailfan]

Do you think that a piece that’s 100 is the oldest piece in existence? That is hardly the case. This is actually fairly new music.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@nssrrailfan yeah but Rhapsody in Blue was the older master piece. but that was not the case. Maybe Hungarian Rhapsody too. some classical era is older than Rhapsody in Blue because they are 300 years old.

[@fawneckman9297]

The first time I listened to this my mom bought me a cassette, brought it into my room and said "Listen to this" so I got up on my chair and stood between my speakers and pressed play. I cried because I was so moved. I read years later it had the same effect on Brian Wilson the first time. I heard it at Disney when they did a tribute to the countries of the world. When they lit up the United States and I heard that opening clarinet belt out that sweet hanging note I swooned. I always recommend generations after me listen at least once

[@dpx6101]

I just love how Gershwin likes to have instruments "slide" into their notes. I cannot describe it any better, but it sounds like that.

[@thecheeselord5943]

Glissando

[@osheenyeeha1162]

i'm a year late with this, but this is colloquially known as a "smear"! which is such a fun and incredibly fitting name

[@simonsalty]

@@osheenyeeha1162 smear is the "visual" used to teach key winds Glissando is the technical term.

[@magicmonkey7075]

People are naming the glissando/smears and yeah that’s definitely part of it, but I think another important component is how a lot of the notes will have one slightly lower note come just before them, so even if it’s supposed to read as one hit rather than some big glissando, it still has that really pleasant ‘scooping’ effect.

[@brianmolina8818]

@@magicmonkey7075 exactly - grace notes! : )

[@coffeecup1196]

For those interested, the piano solos take up 7 minutes 23 seconds. That's almost 45%.

[@kathyhenry4770]

Wow!

[@franklyngisultura7506]

@@kathyhenry4770 that's true

[@exitedaardvark5480]

Legendary

[@natalieuhl1261]

I was actually wondering this right as I scrolled to your comment

[@empatheticgrinch]

Thank you

[@StoneWeevil]

Clarinetist: (pulls off flawless glissando) Me, a trombonist: "But... That's _MY_ thing..."

[@edwardgaines6561]

Glissando? Huh?

[@Killerbee4712]

@@edwardgaines6561 A gliss? you know? like... a slide in notes?

[@xander1052]

@@Killerbee4712 not everyone sadly has knowledge musical terminology.

[@timbrooder]

On clarinet, its called a smear :)

[@xander1052]

@@timbrooder very true

[@Pixillious]

It is heinous to have ads interrupt this masterpiece

[@vindobonaification]

I don't get those interruptions. You should use some effective adblockers like ghostery.

[@Pixillious]

@@vindobonaification I should check that out. My adblocker stopped working one day. Haven't gotten around to changing it

[@supyoist]

Dear every clarinet player ever, We know you like this solo, it's a good one. Other things exist and you can warm up with other things also. Sincerely, Concerned citizen

[@togepie1531]

supyoist lmfao

[@voidsaverob]

10/10 would read comments again

[@voidsaverob]

Stairway to Heaven?

[@ferce889]

fuck you

[@EnbacksoStroy]

Ma mere i oye

[@zillok68]

Before Gershwin died, he was 39, said to his sister: “I have the feeling that I have just scraped the surface of what I really want to do.” Great composer, great Artist.

[@cmwillisful]

Maybe he is composing for angels

[@francisniclolo5268]

Man this was a great loss for all of us.

[@oreogaming2876]

I know this is being petty, but he was 38 when he died in July, since his birthday was in September.

[@galazet]

he actually was 38 when he died

[@NotHarpoGroucho]

Seems all the most influential composers/songwriters died around 35-39. Like Mozart, Chopin. Stephen Foster, and of course Gershwin.

[@vanessaarteaga7933]

This clarinetist: *effortless glissando* Me: *PtEroDactyL SQuaCk*

[@Memeicall]

Would it be something if dinosaurs all sounded like orchestral instruments

[@discodevil4192]

@@Memeicall *A T-rex stomps a Triceratops, snapping it's neck with it's jaw. It raised it's masive head, and roared his fearsome roar.* - violin sQuEAK.

[@papasquash919]

Just takes practice.

[@RoseCadenza]

I think the glissando is something every advanced clarinetist should strive for. I sure am trying to master it.

[@natekite7532]

@@RoseCadenza Man, learning to gliss this took me forever, but it's such a great show off piece that it's totally worth it. So satisfying to just bend alllllllll the way up

[@briansharp5157]

I used to be a percussionist for many years. Played in whatever band or ensemble you can think of. Unfortunately my drinking took its toll and i gave it up after college so i could work and support my habit. Sober now, and picked it back up. Played this in community Orchestra and its such a blast being able to play this timeless classic. Im a car painter now by profession, and i play this in the paint booth when I have a difficult project im painting. The whole shop knows im playing rhapsody in blue to leave me be and let me paint. Lol.

[@kwas101]

The opening clarinet glissando always gives me chills.

[@TheRat900]

***** no it's supposed to be a gliss

[@sagar1992]

First It plays a trill and scale. There's no glissando

[@issalune]

@@sagar1992 yes there is..there’s a trill, then a scale leading up to a glissando

[@Mamalion730]

I'm from New Jersey and every time on my way to New York City this plays in my head since I was a child. I have to thank my parents Ron and Lee Jones for such good taste in music and cities!

[@alycatpublishing1164]

And I'll bet you stared at the New York skyline on the front of the album cover when you were a kid.

[@safeefamily]

Good king thurgood may he rest in peace

[@tonyaharman8369]

Love, love, love this! ♥️

[@caroleanne1940]

in 1958 I was a dancer for Miss Bluebell at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.the experience was outstanding and I miss it a lot dancing has been my life.Umm lovely tune this one we were all dressed in all colours and hues of Blue chiffon ummm lovely

[@jj1371]

Very cute story, Carole! ❤️

[@dukenukem8390]

Gay

[@giltsholder]

+Carole Anne Darg Wow you really old

[@elenareed2103]

+sɹoʇᴉsᴉnbuI s,uoᴉƃǝɹ ʇsǝM Ypeerc fo dnik er'uoy dna.

[@DuckyQuackington]

Gay

[@Sam-nb1rm]

100 years! May the legacy continue forever! Thank you Gershwin ❤😊

[@westlock]

Gershwin asked Maurice Ravel to train him in classical composition techniques. Ravel refused, for fear that such training would stifle Gershwin's originality.

[@thecheeselord5943]

@Martin arguelles A true homies being homies moment

[@donnalee.]

I was told Ravel and Stravinsky sent him back off to America for they thought he was uncapable

[@timzawicki1393]

Ravel: Do you want me to teach you how to sound like bad Ravel or me to sound like bad Gershwin?

[@jacobschiller4486]

Ravel died more than 5 months after Gershwin did.

[@carolynbailey4583]

Ravel said to him "Why do you want to become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-class Gershwin?"

[@epicman004]

I love this entire piece, but for me 10:37 to 12:27 is simply magical

[@theconductoresplin8092]

Agreed

[@RuffDuddie]

This part is called “the love theme”!

[@annanovelli1318]

Yesssss.......it's magical... to me too....!!!

[@NotQuiteFirst]

That part is so heartbreakingly beautiful, I can't take it

[@patrickstallings9613]

I vividly remember this section in elementary school and going oh that was good but had no idea why. Even at a young age it moved me. At least once a year I listen up to the end of this piece and still cry every time. Imo it's the most beautiful thing I have ever heard in my 53 years of life. Just perfect.

[@Ciclopea2]

This will forever be one of my favorite musical pieces ever, and will always remind me of my oldest niece when she was like a week old and i made her listen to this, her reaction to it, she kept flinching with the piano in a way i thought she was gonna cry, but she kept listening raising her little arms with a look of surprise in her beautiful eyes, i'll never forget it, it fills my heart with love for this music and the thought of the beautiful young woman my dear niece has become.

[@H4lfxLife]

Most Wholesome YT Comment of the Year award

[@davepoor8005]

Absolutely Lovely Image! :) thank you may the next generation be all that we hoped to be :)

[@Daidoro]

Mine as well to what I've just heard on Fantasia 2000!

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

In 1000 years, people will still to this timeless masterpiece .....from Fort Worth, Tx

[@lyl9255]

That opening scale always climbs higher than expected.

[@themanhimself436]

wtf is ur profile pic

[@lyl9255]

Lufsig the Ikea wolf.

[@Xenol1997]

I honestly thought it was one of the twin towers burning at first...

[@JebBushHimself]

It's like a stoner, they don't think they can get any higher, but lo and behold

[@dramawind]

I thought it was one of the twin towers burning too...

[@jasonlefler3456]

There are many fantastic pieces of music that are representative of America. This one represents America as it truly wants to be, its best self. Idealistic, kind hearted, dignified, considerate, energetic, neighborly, sweet, hopeful, loving, dreaming big, ready to live and laugh, eager to learn, create, innovate, and always full of promise, joy, and grace.

[@bigsid54]

Promise, Joy, Grace and a totally corrupt, and reprehensible government.

[@A1Motivator]

@@bigsid54 How right you are "54" Be safe when he gets run over soonest!

[@markusmafra6910]

Boa, Jason . Agora você definiu tudo .

[@billd.5892]

So well stated, Jason, and I miss those decades.

[@marbardan]

East Coast-Wise.

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

Any musical piece with the name “Rhapsody” is definitely a masterpiece.

[@kotw1432]

Some extremely cheesy and nauseatingly over-the-top power metal songs would like to know your location.

[@aerohydra3849]

Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 ;)

[@gamestation2690]

@@aerohydra3849 Don't forget Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@seirbhiseach]

Giornos Rhapsody

[@westter8164]

@@gamestation2690 that one doesn't compare even a little bit

[@claire76leach]

My mum bought a Gershwin CD when I was in my early teens and this piece was on it. I have loved it ever since. I used to play the said Gershwin CD for ages afterwards. My mum taught me everything she knew about music - she educated me on music! Love you mum x

[@johnscot1]

Never been a fan of jazz, but this classical/jazz fusion is perfection. Perfectly captures a NY of the early 20th century, that for a young boy brought up in Scotland in the 60s, and only seeing it in b&w movies, could have been on the other side of the universe. Finally visited aged 55 in 2010 and have been back once since.

[@lafontainemusic6647]

Listen to the black saint and the sinner lady by charles mingus

[@lostpockets2227]

​@@lafontainemusic6647 ok i did it

[@nuclearstupidity6594]

@@lafontainemusic6647i have also did it, whats the next step

[@nathangautheron2919]

p

[@robj3256]

more fusion....Sounds Orchestral was my intro.

[@paper_pirate]

Thank you Fantasia 2000 for culturing me at such a young age

[@DidaxS]

Fantasia 2000 discovered us many masterpieces ! I wished they have done more.

[@ricardf1857]

Who the fuck cares about your age¿?

[@tobiasboston5663]

+Ricard fontserè alemany He did, and apparently you cared enough to comment about it :)

[@ricardf1857]

Hey i'm 10 years old but i love this music, i was bron in the wrong generation.

[@KaiCheetah]

-_-

[@gregorycook5070]

Classical meets Jazz. More music like this should've been composed, they can fuse so well but are largely separate in the music world.

[@marquezmargaret0]

Gregory Cook too much snobbery It's sad, really

[@irinaindeikina4042]

Well it's not that easy to do... This requires a special composing talent and a special level of craziness that only probably a few people ever achieved. Honestly, I can't fully understand this music, though I listen to (and play) both classical and jazz. The various musical ideas feel too disconnected from each other, and my shallow brain can't get one complet picture.... I'm sad

[@matcoddy6097]

There's a whole Genre which is based on Classical-Jazz, its called "Third Stream"

[@10Rice8Fun]

Have you ever heard of progressive rock?

[@bonniefox8088]

I heard in music appreciation class in the '50s that this is considered "progressive jazz".

[@foosbabaganoosh1]

Dude I cannot IMAGINE being a young lad in the 1920's and then all the sudden Gershwin drops this absolute banger.

[@asalways1504]

This is by far one of the New Yorkiest things that ever New Yorked!

[@dingo_1865]

Agreed!

[@Bean_Soup]

*Blatantly ignores Frank Sinatra song with New York in the title*

[@ionianmusic]

Its not the title its the song.

[@Belowtherim]

Brilliant by post by you

[@mac2phin]

As Always Yes, but the Olympic Committee used it at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

[@peterellinger5532]

Have listened to it often for over 75 years; and I continue to love it. It was written in NY but is universal.

[@FarOutFeatures]

This is probably the most "New York City" music composition ever made.

[@MakerBayfield]

agreed!

[@grayhalf1854]

Or, more specifically, Manhatten 🙂

[@blueflare726]

more like tom & jerry

[@elosz2630]

Oh oui je pense à NYC quand j'écoute cette merveilleuse musique 😉💙🤍♥️

[@malcs_creative]

Everyone thinks Frank Sinatra's New York, New York is the theme song of the city...to that I say "It was is and always Rhapsody in Blue"

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I heard this song in school two years ago when I was studying different artists through American history. Gershwin was one of the last ones I studied. I heard this song and loved it so much I played it every day for like a month and it’s probably one of my favorite songs to this day! I love how upbeat and fun it is and how unpredictable it is. The music doesn’t always seem to make sense. It doesn’t always seem like the things that were put together should be put together. But it all sounds so perfect and crazy and wild together! Very 1920’s feeling!

[@jetroad8932]

Just imagine walking through the streets of New York, looking all around and listening to this music. Stunning.

[@SlashinatorZ]

Did you see the Fantasia skit with it?

[@nicholasprakash3411]

This is the most joyful piece of music ever written. I can never be unhappy listening to it. I've lived since I first heard it as a child and it's still my favorite classical piece.

[@zekesmyniknaym677]

Man, to think this piece is almost a century old is just mind-blowing to me

[@nanamacapagal8342]

6 months away from it turning 100! Goddamn this is about to be 100 years old...

[@fiibbii]

​@@nanamacapagal83423 months now...

[@jnm92]

@@fiibbii 2 months........ now

[@nebulawh]

​@@jnm92Inching closer..

[@magregor20]

@@nebulawh 10 days now

[@kevincronk7981]

Amazing song featuring the clarinet, the best instrument

[@momoinmotown]

that clarinet will never fail to get me

[@scottthompson-ez1hz]

fantastic piece of music. I'm now learning the piano at age 53 and I don't think ill achieve the technical ability to play this before my demise but o well. funny story, my stepfather used to know a guy who lived beneath Gershwin in new York city and he said he would become irritated at Gershwin's practicing at night so he would bang a broomstick against the ceiling.

[@accordingtosophia]

No way! That's so awesome that he knew him, even if he grew annoyed with his music.

[@jy3n2]

Gershwin: "I can't figure out how the percussion in this part should go. Oh, well, time to practice." Guy: (bangs broomstick on ceiling) Gershwin: "Ah, that's how it should go."

[@GedMaybury23]

Ha-ha-ha! Well played, sir!

[@barryweinrich7289]

Don't doubt yourself . That's awesome ! The only way to get to Carnegie Hall is to "Practice , Practice Practice "

[@BlackMamba-ui7xw]

How can one become irritated by George's music? Lol at least this gave me a little hope because sometimes when I play they tell me to lower the volume

[@anthonyjselino9295]

This is the greatest music composition of all time! A MASTERPIECE!

[@owen.mcgarvey1650]

Such an iconic masterpiece. I love the contrast between the brass and piano at the end! This will never get old. And will always be in my music Playlist. This is great!

[@janadogan302]

This is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. So many emotions. I just love it.

[@BenjaminSteber]

The quintessential sounds of American music. The classical and romantic music she inherited, the big band brass music she would popularize, the blues and jazz sound she would engineer and the enormous spectacle she would put on for the world.

[@frzferdinand72]

Yes indeed, this piece is American as apple pie and baseball. I feel like this is what people who came to Ellis Island were feeling.

[@ebf5026]

@@frzferdinand72 But apple pie isn't american

[@Stormistery]

This melody makes me think about New York, about its sewers and about Broadway. It takes you back in time, to reflect about what this city has passed, all the negatives it had brought, the elegance in some parts of the music clearly shows how romanticized this city has been, but i guess that behind all this superficiality, it makes me think, mainly, how it has been a place for the birth of many things, a place for opportunities, and for its rampant growth, there's still magnificence to be explored...

[@steveradow668]

+Storm Istery nicely expressed.

[@ronhagg]

+Storm Istery - very well said.

[@cyntar556]

Looking at your comment it takes me back in time to the entertainment world of early days, your thought was right on.

[@ryangreene2159]

+Storm Istery You should be an author- with all due respect :)

[@necromancer___3054]

i think the same, it always reminds me of NY or Chicago

[@XNYer68]

I can only imagine how it felt to hear this amazing piece of music live when it premiered! Oh I would have loved to be there! As is, I listen to Gershwin's songs here on KZbin and turn up the volume! I have been crazy for his music ever since I first heard it as a teen..and still am!

[@michrain5872]

This is my favorite recording of this piece

[@marybegue5800]

Thank goodnesss you got both Fantasia and some fabulous music.

[@pentheclickety]

Fantasia is THE film that just made me love music and art and what both can do

[@mermaid_hina2713]

Actually when I say Fantasia 2000 when it was new, and I was 10, when I heard the name Rhapsody in Blues my eyes just lit up and I lightly said to my family, "I know that song, I know that song!!!"

[@Hakiimthedream]

i randomly started humming a tune, then i realized i was remembering it from a movie i watched in middle school, for 20 minutes i looked up movies about famous pianist/composers... long story short i got here and i’m glad i did

[@marioguts]

This piece is so beautiful. It makes me feel so many feels.

[@sovrabunting3275]

i know right! all the feels were caught!!!

[@PR-fh1wi]

Really brings out the awesomeness of Gershwin's time.

[@marioguts]

Yes! Also I noticed that 30 Rock has VERY similar styles. You should check out the Original Score from the show, if you like Rhapsody in Blue you'll love it

[@v.o.c_]

the very beginning, with the clarinet and those notes of the trombones… it’s just amazing to me. more people need to talk about the trombones!!

[@lw7604]

I was born in a generation that allows me to listen to this whenever I want without a radio or having it live, thank you. 🙏🏼 😊

[@edwardblack8532]

After getting headphones for the first time, I hear parts of this I never heard before. Out of all the older jazz music I've heard, this and Duke Ellington's 'Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue' are by far the best, most thought-out pieces of jazz in the last century. I love how 'busy' this one feels, how the rhythm captures the feeling of freely exploring a busy, almost hectic metropolis in the roaring twenties, and then at the 10:37 mark it becomes more quiet as if the city is going to sleep. That's what I get from it, anyway. We need more music that distinctly reminds you of a particular place. And we need music that actually captivates the ears and hearts. Modern jazz/classical doesn't do that so well.

[@michaelesgro9506]

What are your thoughts on Bop, Thelonious Monk in particular? Miles Davis earlier works pre Spanish influence (please check Kind of Blue album, all of it!!! Or if only one track, "Blue in Green") If you have not indulged, please give it a chance. It's vocabulary (if you can call it that, mostly internal to its individual pieces, but vague motifs, themes do arise) is not always immediately accessible, I have a gut feeling (based loosely on what you have written, think 50s NYC) you will come to love it. To start, I suggest "Reflections" "Round Midnight", "Straight, No Chaser", and "Ruby, My Dear" EDIT: I mean these individual pieces..there are albums of the same name that of course include those pieces, so be sure to check out those tracks...listen to it all eventually of course if you like, just feel these are a great primer for delving into his work! I would also be curious to hear your views on some Jazz Samba/Bossa Nova, totally different, but the likes of Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto interpretations of Antonio Carlos Jobim, etchi ca

[@DerekCrawley1]

Does this remind anybody of the good ol' days of tom and jerry?

[@zenogias01]

+Derek Crawley Gershwin was really popular when Tom and Jerry (and all of those old cartoons) were out and going strong, so it's no real surprise they aped the music style. And yes, now that you pointed it out, I'm totally getting nostalgic flashes :D

[@yeyeye7143]

Yes :D

[@hermanschwartz2705]

+D. Crawly Reminds me of United Airlines. And it is beautiful. But...

[@hermanschwartz2705]

+Herman Schwartz Think I'll go throw some Eagles on the platter.

[@rod0071234]

I think this song was on the tv show! I heard this in one of the eps idk which one tho

[@kristimartin9531]

I love this song. I've never been so relaxed and excited by the same number. It's truly beautiful

[@sxyslyvxn]

This work was the first all out attempt to bridge the gap between jazz and classical symphonic music.... Gershwin put the word 'pop music' into being popular

[@theomartin6238]

In thoses time jazz was actually rag-time which was indeed classical music with ragged time.

[@sxyslyvxn]

Ragtime came out during the period known as the post-Reconstruction era up until the early 20th Century, with the likes of composer Scott Joplin making it most popular alongside a type of jazz known as 'Dixieland' with its lively syncopated rhythms and use of horns, piano, clarinet. Even young composer Irving Berlin wrote a few rags and like-minded tunes, 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' is one example. Joplin was originally trained as a classical pianist which is where he learned about the classical works of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, but realized Americans at the time could never accept, let alone allow, a man of color to do such works before a mostly white audience, due in most part to the Jim Crow laws at the time. He wound up working as a pianist working at local saloons, brothels and the like while working on composing his opera, 'Tremonisha', which wound up being performed several years later after his death. If you want to see a good film about Joplin's music and his life, check one out simply called 'Joplin' featuring Billy Dee Williams and Art Carney. Berlin (whose original name was (Israel 'Izzy' Baline) received most of his training from his father, who worked during the weekdays as a kosher meat inspector and on weekends and Jewish holidays as a cantor at the local neighborhood synagogue. Dad was hoping his son would continue the family tradition, since both of them were often seen singing together during services, like a scene out of the classic films, 'the Jazz Singer'. Ragtime music was quite popular but began to wane about the time of Joplin's death in 1917, but somehow made a brief resurrection when the 1970s film, 'the Sting' (featuring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw) came out. Composer and arranger Marvin Hamlisch did a little doctoring up on Joplin's compositions for the soundtrack, making the soundtrack and the film a big sell in the record store as well as at the box-office. These composers paved the way for 'boogie-woogie', 'swing' the big bands', the true forerunners of the early rockabilly era and strangely enough, they still go in and out of style by a number of artists over the years. AND THE BEAT GOES ON..... KEEP ON ROCKIN'!

[@MisterAppleEsq]

SolarAngel Waldeck Wow, that is remarkably informative for a KZbin comment.

[@hasamidschwartz8725]

Yeah, this is actually super helpful -- I'd been wondering about this history for a while now.

[@phxbillcee]

LOL, Before I saw yours I had commented almost the exact same thing on the site where I posted this song!!!

[@grumblekin]

I live overseas and will for quite a long time to come but when I need to feel "American" again, I listen to this and I am back in Charleston!

[@skeleman5883]

Really? I always got a more "New York City" vibe from this piece

[@logi5413]

this is a very bluesy piece in my opinion so fits charleston well :)

[@foxegamingchannel3018]

I understand what you mean but NYC is in america

[@nickdavis965]

That clarinet scale alone is just American culture

[@Feegles]

Clarinets have been around before the first settlements. what are you talking about ?

[@JReed7560]

@@tromboneman4517 agreed. The best Metallica albums were the ones with Cliff Burton. Then ...And Justice for All, with Newstead. Don't care for anything after.

[@tromboneman4517]

Justin Reed, I used to be a huge Metallica fan back in 8th grade. I listened to them to the point that after a while, I got tired of it. And I started to get into Prog Rock/Metal and different kinds of jazz. But even though I moved on, I appreciate the fact that Metallica was the beginning of my journey of loving music.

[@JReed7560]

@@tromboneman4517 my discovery was an old Led Zeppelin 2 cassette of my step dads I found. Blew me away. I was only used to the pop and oldies that everyone around us played all the time. From then on I got into Yes, Rush, Dream Theater...all kinds of stuff. I like classical music as well.

[@tedwards1025]

@@Feegles Gershwin is an American composer and this song is about New York so that's what they're talking about

[@stacyperkins2470]

After a day at work, when I go to rest, I love to listen to this right next to my ear. Beautiful, absolutely.

[@TheOpinionater]

I you feel like this reminds you old NY, it's pdobably because it's pretty much used in every single movie depicting old NY.

[@Ange1ofD4rkness]

+TheOpinionater Including Fantasia

[@mialevi1341]

like the Great Gatsby

[@JH-lr3ep]

That's what I always pictured in my mind. New York in the 1930's.

[@jaybluff281]

Huh. I've always though of Art Deco and Chicago...

[@StirfriedKpop9]

Yup! I think of Woody Allen's Manhattan (not THAT old though).

[@jamesabrahart2175]

They say that you can tell how good a performance of rhapsody in blue is going to be by the clarinet solo at the start. This one was on. point.

[@R3SerialDreams2]

This piece almost single-handedly got me into both jazz and classical. First heard it in Fantasia 2000. Lot of people say it isn't as good as the original Fantasia, but it's still a beautiful film.

[@edajungck]

He Gershwin didn't even make it to 40. We as a Nation have so much to be thankful for. I love the American Art of early 20th century.

[@crafterman2345]

As a New Yorker, I can confirm that this piece is EXACTLY what New York feels like

[@steelman2373]

I can't wait to visit again. I hope sometime in 2021.

[@sandianexpress1198]

sup crafte

[@sandianexpress1198]

having lived in NY it's this period

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

@@shade221 and the rats

[@sjsnowowl996]

@@MiloMcCarthyMusic and the cockroaches... I love New York still.

[@kobeanimatesyt999]

Found this from an Alan Becker video, amazing piece! Truly a work of art to the ears!

[@Itsyallanimator]

Alan is the best

[@RyHuber]

Sameee!

[@angelicasalazar5911]

This music tells such a rich, hedonistic, and American story. Every chord and dynamic variation express the highs and lows of the American human experience. Oh the extravagant grandeur of wealth, yet oh the scrambling poverty living in the sidewalk cracks. We take a walk in so many shoes through Gershwin's great music. Nonetheless, the experience evokes an enticing magic in the ears of listeners only found in the pursuits of a new world full of possibility.

[@ianian4162]

But a snippet of America--the essence of freedom. Free, free freedom. Nothing is certain, because nothing is permanent. A testament to the American yawp.

[@judithduran7225]

Addicted to NY life.

[@rickcaron9955]

I'm now 70, and this is still my favorite, I do hope to go to my grave with this. I'll never forget in the 50s with speakers on both sides of my head!

[@lindsays3414]

My friends may call me a noob, geek, nerd… but I don't care!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!! CREATION OF PURE GENIUS!

[@sunnysun7397]

ME TOO!!! I LOVE IT!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!

[@alexandruc2890]

Your friends are morons

[@lindsays3414]

***** not all of them, but I don't worry about it because they're kinda all into... er... I can put it as crap. But still, I'm proud to be a geek :)

[@sunnysun7397]

Lindsay S WAIT!! YOU ARE CALLING CLASSICAL MUSIC AND ANIME CR*P!!??

[@lindsays3414]

No. I was half-kidding, actually. But this one kid in school (not you, Saliha) always stops by my desk and insults my tastes.

[@perihelionstudios7563]

Soon as that Clarinet hits I'm suddenly in 1925 or somethin'

[@conejodemercurio6301]

oh yyeah yeah

[@conejodemercurio6301]

oh yeah yeah

[@conejodemercurio6301]

oh yeah yeah

[@getthismanshavingkitorgett1428]

@@conejodemercurio6301 stfu dont bring that bullshit here

[@panda_coffeeanimation1992]

I felt that

[@SecretlyGarbage]

The best song to listen to when doing homework. So energetic and cheerful. Using this in my pantomime performance in theater.

[@zacharyharvey9658]

Dude, I can't believe this. I listen to this song 80% of the time when I am doing homework! I actually have them put it on at the Coffee Shop I do homework at!

[@jayrumas6816]

Lol me too, I'm typing a paragraph right now.

[@the1ringer]

The only problem is it makes everything you write, even if it's complete rubbish, seem *fantastic*. I feel like I need to tell my professors what to listen to while reading my essays. You know, for the "full effect."

[@sheepmaysafelygraze8360]

This is my homework song! In fact I'm procrastinating on that right now because I'm scrolling through the comments on this

[@wmfife1]

Mason Depew Your professor deserves to know! After all they have asked you what your version is. You're just being truthful.

[@maxpis4412]

this is still the best recorded performance I could find, thank you, amazing stuff

[@emilyengleman2833]

This song is just SO good. Words can not explain.

[@JH-lr3ep]

Of course not! Only the. music can explain it's beauty!

[@JJBushfan]

Emily, dear, 1. It's an instrumental work, not a song. 2. Looking the way you do, I suppose you just got used to thinking you could get away with anything. 3. Did you know that Engle was the Old English spelling of Angle, and is where the name 'England' comes from? 4. I'm English, but this one of my very favourite pieces of music. 5. Are you from NYC? 6. Hello Emily. Emily is one of my favourite names. I called my favourite dog Emily - Em for short.

[@mejanner]

You make me ashamed to be English.

[@dennisholmes2881]

Who was the singer?

[@CharlieBrn]

Emily I'm with you

[@evahlemons5463]

I love this so much! It reminds me of my childhood. My mom would make us listen to this to be " cultured" as we grew up on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation.( She was raised in a military family and grew up on the East coast.)Thank you, Mom!!!!😘💘

[@billolsen4360]

Your mom was a wise woman. Love the Jicarilla Apache country, great to cycle or bike down hwy 64 from Dulce & branch off down south on route 537.

[@evahlemons5463]

We lived in Dulce!

[@baririzqullah5782]

Reminds me to the old Tom & Jerry's Soundtrack

[@jakesamuel5197]

that's cuz half of tom and jerr's music was this alone

[@robertcmcnamara]

Or Top Cat stitching up Officer Dibble.

[@drawwith6126]

Just said this to my kids 5mins ago, 1year later! A ha ha.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Yup! I specifically remember the cartoon this played in, when Jerry was stealing diamonds downtown.

[@richardsmith4187]

Big band and Orchestra music from the 20's, 30's and 40's was absolutely wonderful in every way ! It could transport your heart and soul to amazing places and still does today. I always loved Glenn Miller and others of his era. Thank goodness we have recordings of all this wonderful music from the past to remind us of how really great those times were !!

[@emilydunlap3414]

I think the person who faces the most pressure is either the principal clarinet player or the piano player, change my mind

[@theyellowentity9668]

How to make any lead instrument sweat

[@isabellagonzalez7696]

The Yellow Entity bruh, I got a solo coming up... and I’m already sweating

[@coolchef64]

It's the entire orchestra If Woody Allen's in the audience.

[@notafurry5965]

It has to be the clarinet because this is probably the most recognizable clarinet piece and if you mess it up, society will destroy your hopes and dreams

[@benjaminmarks8765]

Nah its definitely the triangle

[@LittleLeeena]

Gosh....I'm so in love with the clarinet in this. My life goal is to play this with a band one day.

[@christianablikstad3008]

+LittleLeena You should watch the fortissimo fest video and look at the pianist. He's really good, and is hilarious to watch.

[@gregorydabideen1566]

I played in marching band. look up Vicksburg marching band rhapsody

[@gregorydabideen1566]

it's the 08 Stevensville lakeshore performance

[@christianablikstad3008]

Mattawan marching band? That was great.

[@gregorydabideen1566]

+Christiana Blikstad no mattawan stole it

[@zaquar]

The fact we have music like this, avaliable to everyone for free, makes me happy to be alive... I feel like some kind of thief.

[@adrianlee3497]

This suite is bucket list. No need for guilt.

[@jennyoconnell7217]

I love this piece of music. Performed for the first time 100 years ago today: February 12, 1924.

[@randomanon8781]

if 1920 NYC had a theme song

[@ramanpandit4667]

Please everybody don't post comments just for the sake of posting. Allow you will agree Gershwin was a god of music. I heard this when i was fifteen. I am fifty three now. It still warms my heart.

[@Bruh..669]

The great gatsby

[@Sub-lt5yd]

1930

[@francescocirilli8440]

1 9 3 0

[@patrickhodson8715]

It does. It’s this.

[@harnessmadeofhopes]

I got the part as the piano for my secondary school band......I practiced for two hours every day....The show got cancelled -____________-

[@OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod]

DAMN, now that's a BIG OOF... Unless the song was far too difficult even after all that practice and you were relieved to not have to play it. Haha. I've played in quite a few recitals myself.

[@coffeecup1196]

Same, but I am a trumpet player in my university concert band.

[@huggz7543]

F

[@Hydra_6544]

Thankfully we had this as one of four pieces in our marching show before the world stopped

[@siiilver8739]

@@Hydra_6544 damn, we were barely into the planning phase of out show when the world stopped, are you in boa?

[@zacka6226]

I love 20th century Americana, and I've really come to like this piece. Gershwin kept pace with the international standards of contemporary classical music, and represented the US very well. This song sounds like pure optimism and innovation. It's the classical piece that says, "Yeah, we move fast. We're not ancient Europeans, we make films and cars and money here!" It is an anthem of cultural hegemony.

[@jackthorton10]

Apt description, well done 👍

[@XxzoundsxX]

Lorne?

[@Enri45100]

I agree. It has optimism and enormous energy.

[@djpheeze]

Ah yes - films and money, things which Americans invented and which totally define America, because other countries don't have those and definitely didn't invent them it's never not wild how Americans can look at something that literally ALL humans do, and say: "Only in America baby!"

[@cowmoo5596]

@@djpheezeAmerica was an earlier pioneer for both of those and they define its culture far more than any other country

[@KidFresh71]

Quite simply one of the coolest songs ever created.