Rhapsody in Blue 蓋希文 藍色狂想曲

為了讓如此重要的作品有更多機會面世，原出版商從格什溫那裡獲得了一個鋼琴獨奏版本，其中管弦樂部分與鋼琴獨奏部分融合在一起（PS0047）。由於擔心作曲家的編曲對不具備必要技術的鋼琴家提出了過高的技術要求，因此向當時的鋼琴家微妙地徵求了修改後的編曲。(格什溫英年早逝，作曲家本人無法進行任何修改）。許多技術性修改的嘗試都以道德為由被拒絕，直到赫爾曼-瓦瑟曼（Herman Wasserman）--他曾教格什溫彈鋼琴--提交了一份手稿，這才有了這個版本。幾位著名鋼琴家在審閱樂譜後都證實，在保留原作的清晰度、音色和亮度的同時，對技術要求的降低令人驚歎。這一版本專為早期高級水準的鋼琴家設計，但包括著名的中段慢板在內的某些部分，也可供那些演奏水準較低的鋼琴家演奏

作曲家: George Gershwinmodified by Herman Wasserman
樂器: Piano
出版社: Alfred Music
難度: Advanced;
風格: Masterwork Arrangement
原文簡介:
To provide greater availability for a work of such importance, the original publishers secured from Gershwin a solo piano version wherein the orchestral parts are fused together with the solo piano part (PS0047). Due to concerns that the composer's arrangement presented too many technical demands to pianists not possessing the requisite technique, a modified arrangement was delicately solicited from pianists of the time. (Gershwin's untimely death precluded any modification from the composer himself.) Many attempts at technical modifications were rejected on ethical grounds until Herman Wasserman--who taught Gershwin to play the piano--submitted a manuscript which became this edition. Several prominent pianists who reviewed the score all attested to the amazing reduction in technical demands while retaining the clarity, sonority, and brilliance of the original. This edition is designed for Early Advanced pianists, although some sections, including the well-known Moderato middle section, are accessible to those performing at less-advanced levels.