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GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra. Two Piano Arrangement. New York: New World Music corporation, 1932.
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GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra. Two Piano Arrangement. New York: New World Music corporation, 1932.
2o. 477 pp. Dedication to Max Dreyfus (pages frayed at edges, dampstain to upper right-hand corner, slightly affecting inscription). Original decorative paper wrappers in black and orange (spine taped, a few pages loose.)
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO ONE OF THE COMPOSER'S PIANO TEACHERS. The inscription, at top of first page of the score, reads "For Herman Wasserman - my friend, from his friend George Gershwin. April 5, 1932." Throughout the score, in pencil, are numerous performance instructions, bracketing and fingerings, possibly by Wasserman). Gershwin studied piano with Wasserman in the early 1920s; later, Wasserman was hired by Gershwin's publisher, Harms, to arrange many of George's works for publication, including the Gershwin Song-Book.
Gershwin's Second Rhapsody, a concert work for piano and orchestra, drew on a brief orchestral sketch composed in Hollywood in 1930, and initially titled Rhapsody in Rivets. Gershwin also considered entitling it New York Rhapsody and Manhattan Rhapsody before settling on Second Rhapsody. It was premiered in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky with Gershwin as piano soloist on 29 January 1932. A New York performance took place soon after, but the work did not achieve the great popularity of his Rhapsody in Blue. Copies of the two piano arrangement are uncommon; this is the first inscribed copy we have encountered. A VERY FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
2o. 477 pp. Dedication to Max Dreyfus (pages frayed at edges, dampstain to upper right-hand corner, slightly affecting inscription). Original decorative paper wrappers in black and orange (spine taped, a few pages loose.)
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO ONE OF THE COMPOSER'S PIANO TEACHERS. The inscription, at top of first page of the score, reads "For Herman Wasserman - my friend, from his friend George Gershwin. April 5, 1932." Throughout the score, in pencil, are numerous performance instructions, bracketing and fingerings, possibly by Wasserman). Gershwin studied piano with Wasserman in the early 1920s; later, Wasserman was hired by Gershwin's publisher, Harms, to arrange many of George's works for publication, including the Gershwin Song-Book.
Gershwin's Second Rhapsody, a concert work for piano and orchestra, drew on a brief orchestral sketch composed in Hollywood in 1930, and initially titled Rhapsody in Rivets. Gershwin also considered entitling it New York Rhapsody and Manhattan Rhapsody before settling on Second Rhapsody. It was premiered in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky with Gershwin as piano soloist on 29 January 1932. A New York performance took place soon after, but the work did not achieve the great popularity of his Rhapsody in Blue. Copies of the two piano arrangement are uncommon; this is the first inscribed copy we have encountered. A VERY FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.