Gershwin

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly refers to George Gershwin as one of the great names of the Broadway musical, the source of the standards that jazz takes up12. He points out that these standards are perfectly tonal, a remark that belongs to his reflection on the difference between modal and tonal music3. He comes back several times to Porgy and Bess, and in particular to Summertime. He recalls that this song is first of all a lullaby, sung by a Black mother by the river4. He also stresses Gershwin's origins: in his view, this Russian Jew created contemporary American music5. He also sees him as the author of an opera devoted to African-American culture at the dawn of jazz, and he makes this connection in a session on Tchaikovsky6. Finally, he counts him among the Americans he says he holds in veneration7.

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2. 2Musicosophie 6. La Variation Jazz... de Beethoven15 Dec 2020 · 1:20:44
3. 3Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 8:58
4. 4Leibniz1 Aug 2017 · 1:11:04
5. 5Musicosophie 5. Bonheur contre pulsion de mort en musique11 Dec 2020 · 11:29
6. 6TCHAÏKOVSKI - DES STEPPES AU MIDWEST • Pagani Parle Musique15 Jun 2022 · 8:22
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