Hello everyone. I just have a small question for you all

My piano teacher has decided that I shall learn Rhapsody in Blue for my next solo (which will be sometime in the next 6-8 months) and since I will not have the luxury of having a wind ensemble/orchestra, I was wondering if anyone knew of a good arrangement of this piece for solo piano only (that would include the solo piano part and the orchestral parts if needed). Hopefully I`ll be going downtown to the RCM store and Remenyi in the next week or so to buy this piece. However any help as to whom arranged by or versions of the piece is appreciated!

Thanks.

~Wing

You`re not alone... I`ve been looking for the sheet music for ages, but all I`ve got is the piano + orchestra version... ARGGHH! So if you find it, tell me, ok? Thanks

Of course it does exist!!!... and its an excellent arrangement for piano solo with everything!!!... i have it... both piano and piano reduction of the orchestra and the piano solo version BUT not in my pc... one was given to me and i bought the other one!... c`mon!!! im from venezuela!!! it isn`t that hard to find this ouvre (i think so!)
GOOD LUCK!!! and the version for piano solo is great!!!

It`s very hard to find it around here... (I live in Moscow, Russia)
Thing is, all they have of Gershwin`s is his 3 piano thingies, Porgy and Bess and other stuff...
I`ve even tried the music conservatory! You`d think they`d have it there, but NO, all they have is the piano+orchestra version...
My parents don`t like internet shops so they won`t let me order it...
ARGGHHH!! My life is a mess sometimes.

Well I`ve seen it before (piano solo only) but wasn`t sure if there was a better one floating around that I have never seen yet, that was a really good version. The version I saw was piano solo only, no accompaniment required.

HEY OLGA!!! You are in Moscow!!! thats good!!! are you in the tchaikovsky conservatory???... email me when you can!!! :D mmm... ok... look... i didn`t see it in the internet... so... maybe if i find it i will e-mail it to you ok?... the same for the others who wants it ok??? nice!!! hey olga do you have messenger??? c-ya!!!

Nah, I have a messenger but it doesn`t work since I lost my password...
And no, I`m not in the Tschaikowsky conservatory (unfortunately), but I go there sometimes to find sheet music I needince I`m 15 years old; second, I don`t think I`ll ever go there in order to study because my parents won`t allow it... *Sigh*

Hasnt anyone seen the one with the blue cover?

It was originally written for 2 pianos.. not for orchestra. :P

Yeah, I think I may have the blue one. No accompaniment right?

Oh, how could anyone play it without that fabulous clarinet solo at the start of the orchestral version?!!!

yeah i think the blue one went out of print, i have my grandmas and it was published in like 1950 or something. it is out there somewhere...

ive just bought a copy off www.musicroom.com:

http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/012905/details.html

thats if you still cant find it on the internet, i gave up searching, as i dont think anyone will post 32 pages of music up :P ... its great i think but its not hard covered, just paper so its a bit flimsy, but its the piano solo by itself, not for two or with orchestra


hope that helps

i bought mine (the blue version) from www.sheetmusicplus.com it`s a very good version for piano solo

Of course there`s a solo piano version... it`s the original version that Gershwin wrote. Rhapsody in Blue was orchestrated by Whiteman (actually I think it was some guy working for him) but not Gershwin himself. So if you`re looking for a piano solo version, you should go with the original one, not one of the crappy easier versions. :-) You can get it here...
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/book.asp?ppn=bkwbps0047&bookmark=1
Good luck!