George Gershwin -- The Annotated Rhapsody In Blue: Restored To Gershwin's Original Manuscript By Alicia Zizzo (Advanced Piano) -

Warner Bros Pubns, 1996-12-05. Paperback. Used: Good.

Miami, Florida, U.S.A.: Warner Bros Pubns, 2000. Soft cover. New/New. Book is new and ready for immediate delivery Rhapsody in Blue has been restored to Gershwin's original manuscript by the talented Alicia Zizzo. This special edition includes an addendum to the two piano, four hands edition and the fully restored piano manuscript. When preparing the Rhapsody in Blue for publication, editors at Sam Harms Music Co. applied their own 19th century compositional conservatory training to the piece. With good intentions and due respect to Gershwin, they discreetly altered chords, phrases, dynamics, and accents, deleting whole passages to create a more concise work. Oddly, with the exception of four bars, all the deletions were from the piano solo sections, leaving the orchestration mostly undisturbed. Over 50 measures were deleted from the manuscript for the two-piano, four-hands publication, and the piece was shortened by several minutes. Approximately 80 measures were deleted from the original… Read More

Warner Bros Pubns, 1996-12-05. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Warner Bros Pubns, 2000. Paperback. New. 56 pages. 11.50x8.75x0.25 inches.

Alfred Music, 1996-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!