is it the composition that's in the public domain or the first recording?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
The composition. So I guess that would still restrict sampling of recordings. But someone could freely perform or interpolate it (a la "My Favorite Things" for Ariana Grande's "7 Rings") without permission.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
I was listening to La Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud the other day and it's basically Rhapsody in Blue except made a few years earlier. You can really see the Milhaud influences on Gershwin with that one.
― YellowJelly, Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:33 (four years ago) link
Haven't sampled or remixed it exactly, but this mix is intended to work as an expansion of Rhapsody In Blue
https://centuriesofsound.com/2020/05/04/1924/
(Sorry if this is excessive spamming of my mixes, I only do one a month, if that's any consolation)
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 7 May 2020 06:04 (three years ago) link
Yikes, both things are new to me, despite having just spent a day reading about RiB. Will have to update my show notes.
Listening to La Creation do Monde now, can hear the similarities, think "basically the same" is overselling it a little though. Is there a particular arrangement / performance I should be checking out?
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 May 2020 09:44 (three years ago) link
Copland's beautiful Piano Sonata is worth checking out too, similar in tonality and maybe in construction too.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 7 May 2020 09:54 (three years ago) link
Now that I am up to 1924 in my deep-dive of all known recorded music and have heard the song for the first time, I can now say that it is FUCKING AWESOME is what it is. I need to listen to it twenty-to-thirty more times to really get a handle on what’s going on with all the little sections. Amazing!
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:45 (four days ago) link
This is one of the greatest songs of all-time.
Banjo legend Bela Fleck released an amazing album of Rhapsody in Blue and other Gershwin pieces earlier this year.
― banjoboy, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:34 (four days ago) link
The concept behind my 1924 mix is "everything goes in the middle of Rhapsody In Blue" but guess you've heard that Mr. Snrub.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 April 2024 20:39 (four days ago) link
Ethan Iverson has an opinion. (N.B. I do not agree with him). https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/arts/music/george-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
― Are you addicted to struggling with your horse? (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:25 (three days ago) link