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The ''Second Rhapsody'' is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is sometimes referred to by its original title, ''Rhapsody in Rivets''. The ''Second Rhapsody'' was seldom performed in the twentieth century, and only in recent years has critical and popular attention turned to the work. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Gershwin )〕 ==Composition== In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, was invited to go to Hollywood to provide the music for the film ''Delicious''. After completing work on most of the film's songs and "The Melting Pot" sequence, George began sketching music to accompany an extended visual montage, where a character wanders the streets of New York. The initial title of this sequence was ''Manhattan Rhapsody'', and renamed during the course of the film's production to ''New York Rhapsody'', and finally to ''Rhapsody In Rivets''. Gershwin completed the sketch just prior to returning to New York in late February 1931. In New York, Gershwin began working on a full score of the Second Rhapsody on March 14, 1931, and completed the score on May 23. He was proud of this work, and commented: "In many respects, such as orchestration and form, it is the best thing I have written" For use in the ''Delicious'' film sequence, the score was edited to fit into the sequence's length of seven minutes, eliminating more than half of the original music. This editing was possibly done by Hugo Friedhofer, a staff musician at the Fox film studio who had worked with Gershwin on his early sketch of the Rhapsody. Gershwin himself later deleted the opening trio with piano, cello and violin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Rhapsody」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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