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Variations on "I Got Rhythm" is a set of variations for orchestra and piano solo composed by George Gershwin in 1933–34. The piece is dedicated "to [his] brother Ira". Gershwin composed the new piece for his forthcoming concert tour with the Leo Reisman Orchestra, as an alternative to his Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F.
Its chord progression (although often reduced to a standard 32-bar structure for the sake of improvised solos) is known as the "rhythm changes" and is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes. The song was used as the theme in Gershwin's last concert piece for piano and orchestra, Variations on "I Got Rhythm", written in 1934. The song ...
Cuban Overture (1932), originally titled Rumba, a tone poem featuring elements of native Cuban dance and folk music; score specifies usage of native Cuban instruments, premiered at the Lewisohn Stadium of the City University of New York, Gershwin conducting. Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (1934), a set of interesting variations on his famous song ...
Concerto in F (Gershwin) R. Rhapsody in Blue; S. Second Rhapsody; V. Variations on "I Got Rhythm" This page was last edited on 3 July 2024, at 09:53 (UTC). ...
The Rhythm changes is a common 32-bar jazz chord progression derived from George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm". The progression is in AABA form , with each A section based on repetitions of the ubiquitous I–vi–ii–V sequence (or variants such as iii–vi–ii–V), and the B section using a circle of fifths sequence based on III 7 –VI 7 ...
Variations on "I Got Rhythm" for piano and orchestra (1934) Catfish Row for orchestra (1936), a suite based on music from Porgy and Bess; Shall We Dance (1937), a movie score feature-length ballet; Solo piano. Three Preludes (1926) George Gershwin's Song-book (1932), solo piano arrangements of 18 songs; Operas. Blue Monday (1922), one-act opera
The song's I-vi-ii-V7 chord progression has been used in countless jazz compositions, and is commonly known as "rhythm changes". [20] George Gershwin's last concert composition, Variations on "I Got Rhythm" was based on this song. [21] "Lazy River", [4] [22] a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin, [23] was a hit for the Mills Brothers in ...
Gershwin by Grofé: "I Got Rhythm" Variations (original Gershwin orchestration), Rhapsody in Blue (original Paul Whiteman Orchestra Jazz Band version), Grofé arr. of "Yankee Doodle Blues" (2 versions: one recorded digitally; the second newly recorded on a wax cylinder on a 1909 Edison Fireside Phonograph), "That Certain Feeling," "Somebody ...