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An American in Paris - Wikipedia An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) [1] for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928 It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the Années folles
An American in Paris (1928) | Gershwin Musical, Jazz, Orchestral . . . It premiered at Carmegie Hall in New York City on Dec 13, 1928, and it was the first of Gershwin’s purely orchestral works, with no role for piano but plenty of jazz harmonies and spirit In 1951 (after Gershwin’s passing), it was given cinematic interpretation in the classic film of the same name
THE STORY BEHIND: Gershwins An American in Paris This heady company, combined with the sights, sounds, and smells of the “City of Light,” caused Gershwin’s creative juices to start flowing, and ideas for An American in Paris (some of them quite innovative) began to emerge
An American in Paris - Gershwin During their three months abroad, George Gershwin hoped to complete an orchestral work he had pondered since returning from a 1926 visit to Paris, when he had composed a fragment of music labeled “Very Parisienne” and entitled AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
Gershwin’s “An American in Paris”: A . . . - The Listeners Club It was during this trip that George Gershwin set to work on a commission he had received from the New York Philharmonic The result was the vividly evocative orchestral tone poem, An American in Paris
An American in Paris, George Gershwin - LA Phil Back in New York, Gershwin finished An American in Paris, which he subtitled “A Tone Poem for Orchestra ” In an interview in the August 18, 1928, edition of Musical America, he said, “This new piece, really a rhapsodic ballet, is written very freely and is the most modern music I have yet attempted ”
An American in Paris (1928) and East Is West (1929) | George Gershwin . . . In January 1928, Gershwin began working on an “orchestral ballet” titled An American in Paris An American in Paris comprises five sections, each with its own principal theme or themes, which, once stated, however, reappear throughout the piece It received some excellent reviews
An American in Paris - Wikiwand Gershwin based An American in Paris on a melodic fragment called "Very Parisienne", [14] written in 1926 on his first visit to Paris as a gift to his hosts, Robert and Mabel Schirmer Gershwin called it "a rhapsodic ballet"; it is written freely and in a much more modern idiom than his prior works [18]