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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 12, 2010 23:58:54 GMT -5
I'm not sure whether anyone outside of the band/orchestra really listens to this old stuff any more (I'm a real old-timer, as in Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionistic period...some Contemporary as well). But I also like Jazz, Blues, Ragtime (although I don't listen to them as often as I do classical).
George Gershwin, for people who don't really know him, was perhaps one of the foremost of American composers. He wrote the famous "Rhapsody in Blue" (the link to this song, a recording featuring Gershwin as the pianist, I will post right after this). If you do not know this particular song, just click on the link.
Enjoy!
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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 13, 2010 0:02:58 GMT -5
Amazing. Inspiring. Brilliant. Rhapsody in Blue invokes images and the richly embroidered influences of the roaring twenties in America- and also embraces an American jazz and blues feel to its music. Yet, it is undeniably classical in its composition and performance, featuring a solo clarinetist (who is UBER in the beginning), a phenomenal piano player (all of those licks are so very complicated) and a solid chamber orchestra to boot. This piece was written for piano and orchestra. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6DcEnjoy! |
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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 14, 2010 0:28:02 GMT -5
*laughs* oh, no no. That was Leonard Bernstein, also an amazing film and musical composer. Gershwin was about the same time period (he was born in the 1900s) and died really, really young. LOL, if there was ANY song of his you would be familiar with, it'd have to be this one, Rhapsody in Blue. If it helps, though, he did write the score for "My One and Only" as well as for "Girl Crazy". Thanks for visiting! XD I hope you do get to hear this song, it's crazy good.  |
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Post by idolette on Apr 14, 2010 2:17:49 GMT -5
On year in my high school chorus we sang a piece of music called 'Gershwin For Girls' and it had a few of his songs in it. I wish I could remember off the top of my head, but I do remember singing Someone to Watch Over Me.
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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 16, 2010 0:33:34 GMT -5
Sorry for the really late reply. You were in the choir? Awesome! "Someone to Watch Over Me", eh? Hmmm....yes. A Great American Songbook classic, composed by George Gershwin. Also featured in the 1926 musical, "Oh, Kay!" So there you are. |
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Post by idolette on Apr 16, 2010 0:54:57 GMT -5
Sorry for the really late reply. You were in the choir? Awesome! "Someone to Watch Over Me", eh? Hmmm....yes. A Great American Songbook classic, composed by George Gershwin. Also featured in the 1926 musical, "Oh, Kay!" So there you are. I sang in chorus from the fourth grade until I graduated. ;D I always loved it, it was my favorite class of the day. |
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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 17, 2010 2:44:10 GMT -5
KEWLIOS! I've always envied choir people...like my best friend. You guys can be utterly amazing- they've always said that instruments were imitations of the human voice. They were right! One can never surpass the human voice, especially within groups, choirs. Did you stay in choir through high school?
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Post by tipsyannetow on Apr 19, 2010 23:00:14 GMT -5
NEW SONG, put up with Idolette in mind! This is "Someone to Watch Over Me", sung by none other than Ella Fitzgerald. "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a nice and slow-stepping jazz piece about a woman who longs to find the man who would "watch over her". She seeks more than just romance and a Prince Charming- she desires some sort of security amongst the tumultuous heavings of the world. George Gershwin composed this piece, but it was his big brother, Ira Gershwin, who wrote the lyrics to it. Credits to both of them! Ella Fitzgerald is phenomenal in this 1950 recording- she sends shivers down your spine. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM2bh1bQSfE |
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