[Dixielandjazz] just a question, help greatly appreciated

[Bert Brandsma]

The interesting thing is that Grofé's name is on the Symphony Orchestra parts, that I have played with different orchestra's.
Wikipedia says :  
OrchestrationGershwin had agreed that Ferde Grofé, Whiteman's pianist and chief arranger, was the key figure in enabling the piece to be successful, and critics have praised the orchestral colour. Grofé confirmed in 1938 that Gershwin did not have sufficient knowledge of orchestration in 1924.[27] After the premiere, Grofé took the score and made new orchestrations in 1926 and 1942, each time for larger orchestras  

Kind regards,  

Bert Brandsma   

> From: brycejd at comcast.net
> To: mister_bertje at hotmail.com
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] just a question, help greatly appreciated
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:32:21 -0500
> 
> It is true that Grofe arranged the original Rhapsody, but the arrangement 
> used by most symphonic orchestras and wind ensembles is not the Grofe 
> arrangement.  In the original arrangement, the secondary, slow theme was 
> played by Whiteman's saxophone section.  In the symphonic arrangement, that 
> theme is played by french horns.  There are other differences also.  But it 
> is true that Grofe's arrangement has been the inspiration for all subsequent 
> scorings of the Rhapsody; especially the prominance of the clarinet, trumpet 
> and trombone figures. These instrument were/are fundamental to jazz of the 
> 1920s.  In addition, that famous clarinet chromatic-then smearing gliss at 
> the beginning of the piece was added at the last rehearsal the day of the 
> performance.
> 
> 
> J. D. Bryce 
>