Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

by Anna Harwell Celenza

Other authorsJoann E. Kitchel (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

E CEL

Publication

Charlesbridge Publishing (2006), Hardcover, 32 pages

Description

In January of 1924, a twenty-six-year-old pianist, George Gershwin, finds himself slated to compose, in only five weeks, a concerto that defines "American music," and the result is his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue.

Library's rating

½

Barcode

3313

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2009)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

User reviews

LibraryThing member STBA
A fictionalized account of the creation of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” details how the composer was inspired by the rhythm of a train ride, the klezmer band at his brother’s Bar Mitzvah, and the harmonies of nightclub dance music, ragtime, and the blues.

ISBN

1570915563 / 9781570915567

Local notes

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