Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:
A Sudden Chat with Paul Lewis about Beethoven & Schubert

Substituting for the suddenly indisposed Janine Jensen, pianist Paul Lewis shares his ideas on his global Schubert project, classical repertoire focus and views on titans Beethoven vs. Schubert. Read more

Pages: [1] Go Down

Topic: G. Gershwin 3 preludes (Read 1418 times)

eduardom

Newbie
Posts: 20

G. Gershwin 3 preludes

on: January 02, 2015, 10:38:09 PM

Is Gershwin's music considered as jazz music? For example his preludes.

And if so, what are the main differences between classical music and jazz music?

Logged

indianajo

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 1105

Re: G. Gershwin 3 preludes

Reply #1 on: January 03, 2015, 07:16:48 PM

Gershwin heard jazz in clubs, and was heavily influenced by it. He never developed a skill for improvising on the spot on classic melodies, so most true jazz musicians disdane the reputation he has for being a "jazz" musician.
Gershwin was professionally in his youth, a "song plugger" for tin pan alley, the sheet music business, and out grew the limits of that profession.
You should watch PBS-TV more, this has been covered a lot.