Description

Gershwin's Concerto, which premiered on December 3, 1925 at Carnegie Hall - the epicenter of New York's classical music scene - belongs to a group of self-imposed "experiments" through which the composer sought to integrate "serious" music with jazz. As Gershwin himself stated, "I have only written three 'opuses' so far – 'The Blue Monday Opera,' 'The Rhapsody in Blue' and the 'Concerto.' I have devoted much time to these works, but they are, of course, not my regular work. They are experiments – laboratory work in American music." For this new edition, editor Norbert Gertsch reviewed a multitude of autograph and printed sources in the USA and presents the first Urtext edition of this very popular piano concerto. Breitkopf & Härtel is also offering the full score and orchestral parts edited by Gertsch.