ELECTRIC VICTOR ISSUE: SHILKRET/ GERSHWIN PERFORM 'AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' (1928)
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ELECTRIC VICTOR SET (1928)
V-35963/4: (2 RECORD SET), MANUAL SEQUENCE PRESSING.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (GEORGE GERSHWIN)
VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA- NATHANIEL SHILKRET (C)
VICTOR MATRICES
FIRST RECORDING OF THIS SUITE. THIS IS THE RARE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS SET.
GEORGE GERSHWIN SUPERVISED AND PLAYED THE BRIEF PORTION OF THE SCORE ON THE CELESTE.
CONDITION '2'. VERY LIGHT RUBS.
HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER SET.
George Gershwin (/ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn/; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935).
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