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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — It’s a rare person who isn’t familiar with George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” It is the most performed of all concert works and the recognition of its clarinet opening has been ...

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 ...

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In 1924, when George Gershwin composed “Rhapsody in Blue,” virtually no one used the term “classical” music. The phrase that was then employed was “concert music.” To most of America, there was dance ...

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 ...

Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has never regarded classical music as a separate genre of music. The centuries-old musical form had opened up its gates to a global melting pot of harmonies and rhythms ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...