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Available
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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.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2009)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
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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
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with CD