An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition)

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An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition) is a jazz-influenced symphonic tone poem by George Gershwin that evokes the sights and sounds of an American visitor strolling through the streets of Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work
symphonic tone poem
approximateDuration about 18 minutes
catalogueNumber none (uncatalogued tone poem)
composer George Gershwin
composerNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Parisian atmosphere
street scenes in Paris
urban traffic noises
era 20th-century music
follows Concerto in F
Rhapsody in Blue
genre jazz-influenced classical music
orchestral jazz
hasAdaptation An American in Paris (1951 film)
An American in Paris (stage musical)
hasSection blues episode
fast concluding section
inception 1928
influencedBy American jazz
French popular music
inspiredBy Gershwin’s experiences in Paris
key B-flat major
language instrumental
movementCount 1
narrativeTheme an American tourist strolling in Paris
notableInstrumentationFeature use of taxi horns
partOf 20th-century orchestral repertoire
standard concert repertoire
placeOfPremiere New York City
premiereConductor Walter Damrosch
premiereDate 1928-12-13
premiereEnsemble New York Philharmonic
publisher New World Music Corporation
recordedBy Boston Pops Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
structure single-movement tone poem
style fusion of jazz and symphonic idioms
stylePeriod modernism
subjectOf musicological analysis
uses large symphony orchestra
venueOfPremiere Carnegie Hall
yearOfComposition 1928

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An American in Paris basedOn An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition)
Henri Baurel basedOn An American in Paris (George Gershwin composition)
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