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Notated Music Rhapsody in blue : for jazz band and piano

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Title

  • Rhapsody in blue : for jazz band and piano

Names

  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer

Created / Published

  • Jan. 7, 1924.

Headings

  • -  Piano with big band
  • -  Rhapsodies (Music)

Genre

  • Rhapsodies (Music)

Notes

  • -  Holograph, in pencil; includes additional markings in red and blue pencil.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  2-piano score; upper grand staff labeled as jazz band; lower grand staff as piano.
  • -  Notated music ends on page 56; pages 57-62 have no music.
  • -  Date appearing on caption may have had the day of the month added at a later time.
  • -  Manuscript bound in blue leather.
  • -  Gift; Estate of Rose Gershwin; 1953 Oct. 16
  • -  Part of the George and Ira Gershwin Collection.
  • -  For information about this resource, refer to finding aid available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu010014

Medium

  • 1 condensed score (62 pages) ; 34 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML30.25a.G47 R5 1924
  • ML31 .G38 Call number of the George and Ira Gershwin Collection

Source Collection

  • Holding of: George and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008 (bulk 1920-1960)

Repository

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019563767

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  • Certain restrictions to use or copying may apply.

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Chicago citation style:

Rhapsody in Blue: For Jazz Band and Piano. composeds by Gershwin, George Jan. 7, 1924. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019563767/.

APA citation style:

(1924) Rhapsody in Blue: For Jazz Band and Piano. Gershwin, G., comp Jan. 7. [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019563767/.

MLA citation style:

Rhapsody in Blue: For Jazz Band and Piano. comp by Gershwin, George Jan. 7, 1924. Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019563767/>.