Why did rhapsody in blue push Gershwin's creative career to a new peak?

Today, when we talk about Gershwin, we will first think of Borg and Beth or an American in Paris, but no matter which one we think of first, it is undeniable that his most representative work is rhapsody in blue.

The only master in history who reached the peak of classical music as a composer of jazz and pop music, although his position was not established with the introduction of rhapsody in blue, there is no doubt that rhapsody in blue pushed his creative career to the peak again.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a kind of music became popular in new york. This kind of music has a unique style, absorbing the musical elements of Jews, blacks, European immigrants and American folk songs, and further influencing the comedy performance on Broadway.

Americans have great enthusiasm for Broadway shows. Because this style can actually be said to be a real "American product" with American style, Americans still lack symphonies written in "American language", so Americans have been waiting for a symphony with American style, even an orchestra or concerto.

When talking about the theme of rhapsody in blue, Gershwin said that this is the keynote of his music that has been preserved for 65,438+00 years: "This piece is the sound of turbulent music in the 1920s, an era of breaking old traditional ideas, hedonism, contempt for customs and habits, and crazy pursuit of happiness; The era when young women are not bound by tradition ... the era when they put wine bottles in their back pockets and illegally run pubs without legal obligations. "

In this work, Gershwin's arrangement of paragraphs with completely different emotions is quite ingenious, adopting the way of lyricism as opposed to drama, dance and intermission.

In rhapsody in blue, Gershwin not only borrowed the traditional skills of European classical symphonies, but also made American jazz blossom in serious music, creating a novel and unique American music style. Gershwin built a bridge between American pop music and so-called "serious music" and created a new model of "symphonic jazz". Rhapsody in blue is also regarded as the first successful work of "letting jazz stick its head out of the bar".