First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...

Composer George Gershwin is photographed in 1934 during a recording session at the CBS studio in New York. (CBS Photo Archive ) I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CBS News Sunday Morning recently presented a nice piece on the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s ...

"My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his autobiography, "was to show these skeptical people the advance which had been made in popular music from the day of the discordant early jazz to the ...

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On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...