https://thenewneo.com/2016/06/03/the-gershwins-and-dual-talents/ A blog about political change, among other things Sun, 05 Jun 2016 22:02:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://thenewneo.com/2016/06/03/the-gershwins-and-dual-talents/#comment-1223329 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 22:02:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=60147#comment-1223329 First recording of Rhapsody in Blue. June 10 1924, just months after the debut at Aeolian Hall on Feb. 12 1924 Paul Whiteman Orchestra, George Gershwin on the piano, Ross Gorman on the clarinet, arrangement by Ferde Grofe.
https://youtu.be/Ng8QDwkKZsU

]]> https://thenewneo.com/2016/06/03/the-gershwins-and-dual-talents/#comment-1221022 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:27:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=60147#comment-1221022 Thanks, this is interesting! Another example: Mark Taimanow was both a world class chess player, and a world class pianist. I find this incredible, as one would think that in both cases you can only be world class if you put everything you have into it…

]]> https://thenewneo.com/2016/06/03/the-gershwins-and-dual-talents/#comment-1219567 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:16:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=60147#comment-1219567 I echo Frog, I had no idea of the genius of the Gershiwn siblings.

]]> https://thenewneo.com/2016/06/03/the-gershwins-and-dual-talents/#comment-1219433 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 03:34:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=60147#comment-1219433 Thanks for that very much, Neo.
I learned about synesthesia in reading up on Gershwin.

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