Gershwin In Flex - Young Band - Gershwin - van der Beek - Tierolff

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American composer and pianist George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) composed a lot of entertainment music in addition to serious music (think of his “Piano Concerto,” “American in Paris” and his “Porgy and Bess”). He wrote many songs, which still hold repertoire today. Three of these were selected by Wil van der Beek and adapted for flex 4 performance of them. In terms of difficulty, they are at the upper level of our "young band / flexible instrumentation" series.
“Scandal Walk”, for the 1920 George White Scandals (Broadway Revues) George Gershwin and Arthur Jackson (lyricist) created a Scandal song that spoke of a Scandal dance. Most self-referential dance songs introduce the world to a new dance move, but “Scandal Walk” is more about gossip than choreography.
“The Man I Love” is the best known of these 3 songs with lyrics by his brother Ira. The song, which was part of Gershwin's 1924 musical comedy “Oh, Lady Be Good”, was dropped from that show and put into the 1927 government satire “Strike Up the Band” (where it appears as “The Man I Love” and “The Girl I Love”).
"Swanee" was written in 1919 by Gershwin, with lyrics by Irving Caesar. The song was also written for a New York City revue called Demi-Tasse, which premiered at the Capitol Theater in October 1919. It was written in part as a parody of Stephen Foster's “Old Folks at Home.” This adaptation is only musical; no use is made of the lyrics.
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