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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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4. Fantastic Piece

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2024, 07:26 AM

Nov 13

I learned this when I was a kid. Probably 12 or 13 years old.
Played it as my prepared piece in a jazz piano competition a couple years later.
I did ok but it was my first competition so a but of nerves, and there were older kids competing. I got smoked!

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Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Thanks to question everything. [View all] marble falls Nov 12 OP

My absolute favorite... ultralite001 Nov 12 #1

the one piece I don't think was harmed by commercial use--United Airlines did "right" by it. hlthe2b Nov 12 #2

What an absolutely stellar piece of music WestMichRad Nov 12 #3

Fantastic Piece ProfessorGAC Nov 13 #4

My kids did good with UIL. I gave my eldest daughter $20 for getting the clarinette open down. marble falls Nov 13 #5