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George Gershwin
American composer George Gershwin working on the score for Porgy and Bess, 1935.
George Gershwin’s iconic composition, Rhapsody in Blue, premiered on February 12, 1924, at the Aeolian Concert Hall in New York. The performance took place during a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music," led by bandleader Paul Whiteman.1