Uploaded by PetrichorAllegory on Feb 22, 2011
This is George Antheil's "Jazz Symphony", the original version of 1925, premiered in Carnegie Hall along with his infamous "Ballet Mecanique". While the latter was generally panned in the states (though receiving vociferous praise in Paris), the former was lauded, and has since unfortunately become forgotten. Written at approximately the same time as the much more famous "Rhapsody in Blue", and commissioned for the same series of concerts (Paul Whiteman's "An Experiment in Modern Music"), the piece exemplifies the true "Jazz" of the age much better than Gershwin's music. This is not to disparage Gershwin, on the contrary, but where Gershwin's music is "jazzy", it comes from a whole different tradition. Antheil's Jazz Symphony, along with Darius Milhaud's "La Creation du Monde" picked Jazz off the streets and synthesized it with classical music in the first true and artistic way.
The players are from the San Francisco Symphony, under the baton of Michel Tilson Thomas, in a live concert from his American Mavericks series,
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Allie Ross conducted W.C. Handy's 30 piece orchestra.
rbcastillo 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for George Antheil
'Too radical' for Paul Whiteman? Haha. And the premiere, conducted by W. C. Handy! Truly progressive days. The version of 30 years later is tame. Thanks.
PERRAPERICLES 2 months ago