With rhythms inspired by a Boston train ride, this work was arranged for orchestra by Ferde Grofe, and Ross Gorman was assigned its distinctive clarinet solo.
With rhythms inspired by a Boston train ride, this work was arranged for orchestra by Ferde Grofe, and Ross Gorman was assigned its distinctive clarinet solo. Commissioned by band leader Paul Whiteman, it debuted at An Experiment in Modern Music at the Aeolian Hall in New York, and featured its composer performing the piano solo. Melding the genres of jazz and orchestral music in 1924, FTP, what was this composition of George Gershwin?
With rhythms inspired by a Boston train ride, this work was arranged for orchestra by Ferde Grofe, and Ross Gorman was assigned its distinctive clarinet solo.
{Rhapsody in Blue}