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             Very few composers have achieved instant celebrity to anything like the degree that George Gershwin enjoyed following the performance of "Rhapsody and Blues". This piece was composed very quickly. In fact, the whole evolution of this composition was an experiment. Paul Whiteman, one of New York's foremost bandleaders had hired the Aeolian Hall for what was billed as "An Experiment in Modern Music". The experiment was to see whether it was possible for American composers to achieve a combination of classical and popular idioms and forms. This
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