AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Composer(s): George Gershwin

Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith
Reference: KTC1419
Barcode: 8711801102900
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2010-07-28
SKU: KTC1419 Categories: ,

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Ms. Lewis-Griffith was introduced to Gershwin’s music at age twelve through a priceless gift. It seems that a gentleman in her home town of High Point, North Carolina, in planning a move to New York City, did not wish to be encumbered by his huge collection of 78 RPM classical phonograph records. Acquainted with the child’s musical ability, he offered them to her through her father, himself an avid supporter of his young artist. Like so many creative endeavors, this compact disc and the transcriptions it includes owe their existence not only to the artist but also to friends and supporters. These include the late Michel Arcizet of Etcetera Records, and well known Gershwin biographer, the late Edward Jablonski, both of whom urged Ms. Lewis-Griffith to record a sequel to her 1994 Gershwin CD (George Gershwin: a Piano Solo Album, KTC 1176). Mr. Jablonski, in fact, gave the artist copies of npublished manuscripts to three Gershwin preludes (tracks 2-4) with the expectation that they would be included. The manuscript to Novelette in Fourths was incomplete; however, Gershwin extended the piece in one of his piano rolls recordings. In 1994, Ms. Lewis-Griffith extracted the sixteen measure extension aurally from that recording, and she has included it in her rendition on this CD. (Since 1994, the piece has been published in its complete form.) Ms. Lewis-Griffith performs Melody No. 17 and Sleepless Night exactly as they were written in those manuscripts. They are actually variants of one another; Gershwin’s close friend, Kay Swift, rearranged Melody No. 17 and called it Sleepless Night. The artist plays the two pieces without a break as one work.

1. An American in Paris
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

2. Novelette in Fourths: Novelette in Fourths
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

3. Novelette in Fourths: Melody No. 17 & Sleepless Night
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

4. Novelette in Fourths: Rubato
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

5. From Porgy and Bess: Summertime
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

6. From Porgy and Bess: My Man’s Gone Now
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

7. From Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty O ‘Nuthin’
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

8. From Porgy and Bess: Bess You Is My Woman Now
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

9. From Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

10. From Porgy and Bess: I Loves You Porgy
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

11. From Porgy and Bess: Clara
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

12. From Porgy and Bess: There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

13. From Porgy and Bess: Oh Where’s My Bess
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

14. Second Rhapsody
Composer: George Gershwin
Artist(s): Dorothy Lewis-Griffith

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AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
 21,50
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Ms. Lewis-Griffith was introduced to Gershwin’s music at age twelve through a priceless gift. It seems that a gentleman in her home town of High Point, North Carolina, in planning a move to New York City, did not wish to be encumbered by his huge collection of 78 RPM classical phonograph records. Acquainted with the child’s musical ability, he offered them to her through her father, himself an avid supporter of his young artist. Like so many creative endeavors, this compact disc and the transcriptions it includes owe their existence not only to the artist but also to friends and supporters. These include the late Michel Arcizet of Etcetera Records, and well known Gershwin biographer, the late Edward Jablonski, both of whom urged Ms. Lewis-Griffith to record a sequel to her 1994 Gershwin CD (George Gershwin: a Piano Solo Album, KTC 1176). Mr. Jablonski, in fact, gave the artist copies of npublished manuscripts to three Gershwin preludes (tracks 2-4) with the expectation that they would be included. The manuscript to Novelette in Fourths was incomplete; however, Gershwin extended the piece in one of his piano rolls recordings. In 1994, Ms. Lewis-Griffith extracted the sixteen measure extension aurally from that recording, and she has included it in her rendition on this CD. (Since 1994, the piece has been published in its complete form.) Ms. Lewis-Griffith performs Melody No. 17 and Sleepless Night exactly as they were written in those manuscripts. They are actually variants of one another; Gershwin’s close friend, Kay Swift, rearranged Melody No. 17 and called it Sleepless Night. The artist plays the two pieces without a break as one work.