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From the LP (extremely rare) shown in the video above, issued in 1956 on the Allegro label -- a budget record company founded by Eli Oberstein. With the exception of those of Gershwin, all images were taken from the LP label (4:27) and slipcase (7:00). Rhapsody in Blue (0:01) Summertime (0:59) Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2:45) Rhapsody in Blue (4:27) Someone To Watch Over Me (5:25) S'Wonderful (7:00) Rhapsody in Blue (8:12) The Man I Love (8:51) I Got Rhythm (10:28) Rhapsody in Blue (11:30) Embraceable You (11:56) I Got Rhythm (Reprise) (13:08) Rhapsody in Blue (Reprise) (13:46) Kurt Maier, 1956 - Encores of Times Square - South Pacific, King And I, Oklahoma - The following information biographical information about Kurt Maier was kindly provided by YouTube member fromthesidelines: “A 1959 Rondo-lette reissue [“Kurt Maier {Pianist, With Rhythm}“, SA-58] had some information about him on the back of the jacket: Maier came from Germany, had played piano professionally, spent some time in a concentration camp during World War II, the Allies liberated him, and played piano in an officers' club for the enlisted men after his health recovered, emigrated to the U.S. in 1946, appeared on his own 39 week Sunday afternoon NBC radio show in 1946-'47, then began extended engagements at “The Little Club“ in New York, and a Jamaican resort as was still playing at both in 1958. Oberstein probably approached Kurt sometime in 1956, and offered him a deal to record several albums worth of material (including “theme“ albums on Paris, Vienna, Italy, Latin America, Gershwin, et. al.) for virtually “peanuts“...and “Obie“ was a man who was known to have been invovlved various “shady“ record deals in the past. He kept reissuing Maier's material through 1960, when Oberstein's son sold his father's masters to Precision Radiation Instruments [PRI], after Eli's sudden death in the summer of '60. PRI might have reissued more of Maier's material under various aliases after that.“ Die Rhapsody in Blue ist eine der bekanntesten Kompositionen des US-amerikanischen Broadwaykomponisten George Gershwin. / Rapsodie v modrém (anglicky Rhapsody in Blue) je nejznámější skladba amerického hudebního skladatele George Gershwina. / A Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin amerikai zeneszerző legnépszerűbb szerzeménye, a dzsessz és a klasszikus zene egyesítésének egyik leghatásosabb darabja. A mű eredetileg zongorára és dzsessz-együttesre íródott, amit Grofé hangszerelt át szimfonikus zenekarra. / Rhapsody in Blue est une œuvre pour piano et orchestre ou harmonie composée par George Gershwin en 1924, qui combine des éléments de musique classique et de jazz. L'œuvre a également donné son nom à une rose. / «Rhapsody in Blue» (русск. Рапсодия в стиле Блюз, Рапсодия в блюзовых тонах, Голубая рапсодия, Рапсодия в голубых тонах) — одно из самых известных произведений Джорджа Гершвина. Рапсодия была впервые исполнена автором 12 февраля 1924 в Нью-Йорке в сопровождении оркестра Пола Уайтмана. / Rhapsody in Blue (ungefär Rapsodi i blått, där blått syftar på blå toner) är ett musikstycke för piano och symfoniorkester av George Gershwin. Det uruppfördes den 12 februari 1924, och innehåller element från både romantisk orkestermusik och jazz, en då mycket kontroversiell kombination. Det är idag ett av världens mest kända orkesterverk. / La Rapsodia in blu (Rhapsody in Blue) è una delle più famose composizioni musicali dello statunitense George Gershwin. / Rhapsody in Blue é uma composição de George Gershwin que combina elementos de música clássica e do jazz. / Błękitna rapsodia to tytuł kompozycji na fortepian i orkiestrę George'a Gershwina z 1923 roku. Utwór rozpoczyna słynne glissando wykonywane na klarnecie. / רפסודיה בכחול היא יצירה מוזיקלית שהולחנה על ידי ג'ורג' גרשווין לסולו פסנתר והרכב ג'אז בשנת 1924 שתוזמרה מאוחר יותר ליצירה תזמורתית. / راپسوی در بلو (به انگلیسی: Rhapsody in Blue) یک قطعهٔ موسیقی نوشته شده توسط جرج گرشوین در سال ۱۹۲۴ برای پیانو سلو و گروه جاز است. / In de 'Rhapsody in Blue' verwerkte Gershwin zowel elementen vanuit de klassieke muziek als de jazz. Hij componeerde dit vermaard geworden stuk voor piano en jazzorkest eind januari en begin februari van 1924. Dat jaar ging het werk op 12 februari ook in première tijdens een concert met als thema An experiment in Modern Music, in de Aeolian Hall in New York. “David Hertzberg“
