“Rhapsody in Blue,” George Gershwin’s iconic, soaring work, premiered on Feb. 12 1924 as part of “An Experiment in Modern Music,” a concert that sought to “make a lady out of jazz.” Ryan Raul Bañagale, Associate Professor and Chair of Music at Colorado College, writes for @TheConversationUS about its composition, enduring popularity, and whether it is an appropriation of Black music.
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Conversations about appropriation and authenticity are always fraught, conflicted, and controversial because of two factors:
it is an inherently human thing to share and adopt ideas, practices, arts, and technologies with and between peoples.
modern society has decided that only certain people get the privilege of profit from them, guarded and gated by the force of coercive capitalism.
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