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From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
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Subject: Re: 20th Century Classical Composers - (nf) Gershwin
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Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 17:50:54 EST
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Gershwin wanted to study with ravel, but ravel refused, saying
"Why do you want to be a 2nd rate ravel instead of a
first rate Gershwin?"

Gershwin was really upset by this, but later he found what he believed to
be indications that Ravel's music was influenced by Gershwin.

(You can make a pretty good case for this, although Ravel may just have been
influenced by the mainstream of Jazz that Gershwin inhabited.)

Gershwin left a great deal behind, especially if you are willing to examine
his songs, as well as the late orchestral pieces, to find more of the same
gorgeous harmonies and rhythms.
					- Toby Robison
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					(NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)