Em 1924, a convite do maestro Paul Whiteman, Gershwin concebeu sua composição mais célebre. O artista hesitou muito devido à polêmica que seu estilo, misturando elementos de jazz e música erudita, vinha causando desde seu primeiro sucesso, a canção Swanee interpretada por Al Jonson no musical Simbad. Mas apesar dos receios, ele aceitou a tarefa. Daí nasceria a famosa Rhapsody in Blue. As discussões em torno da obra só seriam superadas pelas da ópera Porgy and Bess onde o autor aborda temas raciais de forma radical para a época. The audience packed a house that could have been sold out at twice the size, wrote New York Times critic Olin Downes on February 13, 1924, of a concert staged the previous afternoon at the Aeolian Hall in New York City This is no mere dance-tune set for piano and other instruments, he judged. This composition shows extraordinary talent, just as it also shows a young composer with aims that go far beyond those of his ilk. Rhapsody would, of course, come to be regarded as one of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. Life is a journey
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