An American in Paris
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title:
An American in Paris
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An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem 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 too
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Symphonic tone poem by George Gershwin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris
date created:
2001-05-12T04:04:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:26:30Z
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