{"product_id":"arranging-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-and-the-creation-of-an-american-icon-9780199978373","title":"Arranging Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and the Creation of an American Icon","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ryan Banagale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eArranging Gershwin\u003c\/em\u003e, author Ryan Ba�agale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece \u003cem\u003eRhapsody in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis away from the notion of the \u003cem\u003eRhapsody \u003c\/em\u003eas a static work by a single composer, Ba�agale posits a broad vision of the piece that acknowledges the efforts of a variety of collaborators who shaped the \u003cem\u003eRhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e as we know it today. \u003cem\u003eArranging Gershwin\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on familiar musicians such as Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington, introduces lesser-known figures such as Ferde Grof� and Larry Adler, and remaps the terrain of this emblematic piece of American music. At the same time, it expands on existing approaches to the study of arrangements -- an emerging and insightful realm of American music studies -- as well as challenges existing and entrenched definitions of composer and composition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on a host of newly discovered manuscripts, the book significantly alters existing historical and cultural conceptions of the \u003cem\u003eRhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e. With additional forays into visual media, including the commercial advertising of United Airlines and Woody Allen's \u003cem\u003eManhattan\u003c\/em\u003e, it moreover exemplifies how arrangements have contributed not only to the iconicity of Gershwin and \u003cem\u003eRhapsody in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, but also to music-making in America -- its people, their pursuits, and their processes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890616418455,"sku":"9780199978373","price":14629.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199978373.webp?v=1781180690","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/arranging-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-and-the-creation-of-an-american-icon-9780199978373","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}