This article is about the 1928 George Gershwin composition. For the 1951 film, see An American in Paris (film). For the 2014 musical play, see An American in Paris (musical). For other uses, see An American in Paris (disambiguation).
An American in Paris
by George Gershwin
First recording
Genre
Orchestral jazz
Form
Rhapsody
Composed
Spring 1928
Premiere
Date
December 13, 1928
Location
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Conductor
Walter Damrosch
Performers
New York Philharmonic
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem)[1] for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the Années folles.
Gershwin scored the piece for the standard instruments of the symphony orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and automobile horns. He brought back four Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928, in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Philharmonic.[2][3] It was Damrosch who had commissioned Gershwin to write his Concerto in F following the earlier success of Rhapsody in Blue (1924).[4] He completed the orchestration on November 18, less than four weeks before the work's premiere.[5] He collaborated on the original program notes with critic and composer Deems Taylor.[6][7][8]
^Staff (April 1, 2017). "An American in Paris". Theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
^George Gershwin. "Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra : An American in Paris" (PDF). Nyphil.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
^Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic: Makoto Ozone to Perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in One-Night-Only Concert All-American Program Also to Include Bernstein's Candide Overture and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Gershwin's An American in Paris: April 22, 2014 at nyphil.org Accessed June 20, 2017
^"An American in Paris", by Betsy Schwarm, Encyclopædia Britannica
^Richard Freed. "An American in Paris: About the Work". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
^Deems Taylor (2004). "33. An American in Paris: Narrative Guide" (1928)". In Wyatt, Robert; Johnson, John Andrew (eds.). The George Gershwin Reader. Oxford University Press. pp. 110–111. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327113.003.0033. ISBN 978-0-19-532711-3.
^"An American in Paris | Runyan Program Notes". www.runyanprogramnotes.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
^Pegolotti, James (October 28, 2020). Deems Taylor: Selected Writings. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-10154-6.
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