An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition)

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An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition) is a jazz-influenced symphonic tone poem by George Gershwin that evokes the sights and sounds of an American visitor strolling through the streets of Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work ⓘ
symphonic tone poem ⓘ
approximateDuration about 18 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber none (uncatalogued tone poem) ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
composerNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Parisian atmosphere ⓘ
street scenes in Paris ⓘ
urban traffic noises ⓘ
era 20th-century music ⓘ
follows Concerto in F ⓘ
Rhapsody in Blue ⓘ
genre jazz-influenced classical music ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ
hasAdaptation An American in Paris (1951 film) ⓘ
An American in Paris (stage musical) ⓘ
hasSection blues episode ⓘ
fast concluding section ⓘ
inception 1928 ⓘ
influencedBy American jazz ⓘ
French popular music ⓘ
inspiredBy Gershwin’s experiences in Paris ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCount 1 ⓘ
narrativeTheme an American tourist strolling in Paris ⓘ
notableInstrumentationFeature use of taxi horns ⓘ
partOf 20th-century orchestral repertoire ⓘ
standard concert repertoire ⓘ
placeOfPremiere New York City ⓘ
premiereConductor Walter Damrosch ⓘ
premiereDate 1928-12-13 ⓘ
premiereEnsemble New York Philharmonic ⓘ
publisher New World Music Corporation ⓘ
recordedBy Boston Pops Orchestra ⓘ
Cleveland Orchestra ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ
structure single-movement tone poem ⓘ
style fusion of jazz and symphonic idioms ⓘ
stylePeriod modernism ⓘ
subjectOf musicological analysis ⓘ
uses large symphony orchestra ⓘ
venueOfPremiere Carnegie Hall ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1928 ⓘ

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An American in Paris → basedOn → An American in Paris (1928 orchestral composition) ⓘ
Henri Baurel → basedOn → An American in Paris (George Gershwin composition) ⓘ
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