Gershwin (MUSIC 145)
instructor: James Wierzbicki

Disc Four: The Aeolian Hall Concert

required listening for October 9 session
The February 12, 1924, program, as printed: 
I. True form of Jazz
(a) Ten years ago – “Livery Stable Blues” Nick La Rocca
(b)) With modern embellishment – “Mama Loves Papa” bel Baer
II. Comedy selections
(a) Origins of “Yes, We Have No Bananas” Frank Silver
(b) Instrumental comedy – “So This Is Venice”
         (adapted from "The Carnival of Venice")
Theodore Thomas
 III. Contrast – Legitimate Scoring vs. Jazzing
(a) Selection in true form – “Whispering”  John Schoenberger
(b) Same selection in jazz treatment
IV. Recent Compositions with Modern Score
(a) “Limehouse Blues” Philip Braham
(b) “Linger Awhile” Benson Rose
(c)  “Raggedy Ann” Jerome Kern
     V. Zez Confry, piano
(a) “Kitten on the Keys” Zez Confrey
(b) “Three Little Oddities” Zez Confrey
Romanza
Impromptu
Novelette
(c) “Nickel in the Slot” (accompanied by the orchestra) Zez Confrey

INTERMISSION

 V. Flavouring a Selection with Borrowed Themes
(a) “Russian Rose” (based on “Volga Boat Song”) Ferde Grofé/Peter DeRose
VI. Semi-Symphonic Arrangements of Popular Melodies
(a) “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” Irving Berlin
(b) “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” Irving Berlin
(c)  “Orange Blossoms in California” Irving Berlin
VII. A Suite of Serenades Victor Herbert
(a) Spanish
(b) Chinese
(c) Cuban
(d) Oriental
IX.  Adaptation of Standard Selections to Dance Rhythm
(a) “Pale Moon” Frederick Knight Logan
(b) “To a Wild Rose” Edward MacDowell
(c) “Chansonette” Rudolf Friml
X. Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin
(George Gershwin at the piano, accompanied by the orchestra)
XI. In the Field of the Classics
“Pomp and Circumstance” Sir Edward Elgar