Re: OT George Gershwin

I know it's me, not the music, but I just can't listen, and it's not about
being a 'snob' - I LOVE the songs. There's something in the sense of form or
the structure that just makes me feel queasy.


"Jon E. Szostak, Sr." <jszostaksrESULTATE@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> REG: Do you know Gershwin's 'Concerto in F'? It's my favorite piano
> concerto...followed closely by Shostakovich '2nd Piano Concerto'...Bartok
> '3rd Piano Concerto'...Mozart 'Piano Concerto #21'. There are others to
> be sure...but these comprise my 'desert island' group.
>
> I'm especially fond of the recordings of the Gershwin piano works by Oscar
> Levant.
>
> Jon E. Szostak, Sr.
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>
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> "REG" <Richergar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I don't get the 'classical' Gershwin at all. Neither the orchestral works,
>>nor P&B, interest me or give me any pleasure, and I'd have to tell you
>>that I get a kind of mal de mer even listening to something like the
>>Rhapsody. Of the popular songs, I think the Gershwins were just about the
>>greatest composers of their time (or any time), and the songs are not only
>>lovely musically, but some of as deeply moving to me as any classical
>>songs. But somehow all of the classical works seem to me very ersatz and
>>pretentious. Even though I like some specific numbers in P&B, overall it
>>doesn't hold together for me, and I never really feel a sense of structure
>>or direction in the classical pieces. I am not saying that it's not there,
>>but that I don't feel it. There's little if any nobility in any of the
>>themes, and that's one thing I miss. It's just something I personally
>>don't get, I guess.
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