Overture to Shall We Dance
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The Overture to Shall We Dance was written by George Gershwin
in 1937 as the introduction to his score for Shall We Dance. Performance time runs about 4 minutes.
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
in 1937 as the introduction to his score for Shall We Dance. Performance time runs about 4 minutes.
- "The opening [number] is in Gershwin's best big-city style; propulsive, nervous, bustling with modern harmonies; it might have easily been developed into a full-scale composition except that time was growing short."
- from Gershwin: A New Critical Biography; Jablonski, Edward 1998 pg.304