2008/01/22

By Strauss - 喬治·蓋希文（George Gershwin)

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相信喜歡爵士樂的都會認識蓋希文, 而我認識他就從認識他那燴炙人口的創作"藍色狂想曲" (Rhapsody in Blue)開始...  下面也從U-Tube節錄了一段由Bernstein  演奏鋼琴部份的藍色狂想曲給大家欣賞.

喬治·蓋希文（George Gershwin，1898年9月26日 - 1937年7月11日）是一位美國作曲家。出生於紐約布魯克林的一個俄國猶太移民家庭。蓋希文於1937年夏因患腦癌去世，亨年三十九歲。他的貢獻是把古典音樂的風格與爵士樂和布魯斯的風格結合了起來。 而在學習聲樂的時侯, 也遇上這首優美的樂曲"By Strauss", 相信歌詞也流露了這位致力於推動把古典音樂的風格與爵士樂結合起來的音樂家的點點心聲....

George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success.  Many of his compositions have been used on television and in numerous films, and many became jazz standards.  This lovely song 'By Strauss' somehow gives a hint of his struggle when composing new music form which combines the elements of jazz music and the classical one.  Life is never easy if you are an reformist.

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin)




 By Strauss (lyrics) -

Away with the music of Broadway<
Be off with your Irving Berlin
No, I give no quarter to Kern or Cole Porter
And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin

How can I be civil when hearing that drivel?
It's only for night-clubbing souses
Just give me the free-'n'-easy waltz, that is Vienneasy and
Go tell the band if they want a hand,
The waltz must be Strauss's

Ja ja ja, give me oom-pa-pah
When I want a melody
Lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss
It laughs, it sings, the world is in rhyme
Swinging in three-quarter time

Let the Danube flow along
And the Fledermauss
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss

By Jove, by Jing, by Strauss is the thing
So, I say to ha-cha-cha, heraus!
Just give me an oom-pa-pah by Strauss!

OPERATIC SCATS OF TUNES BY STRAUSS

Let the Danube flow along
And the Fledermauss
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss

By Jove, by Jing, by Strauss is the thing
So, I say to ha-cha-cha, heraus!
Just give me an oom-pa-pah by Strauss!  
(Source: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/By-Strauss-lyrics-Maureen-McGovern/3C875994BA495B9648256EF30021FEC1)
Video on Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

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