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| Composer |  Gershwin, George (1898 - 1937) | ||
| Instrumentation | String Quartet | ||
| Sheet central | Porgy and Bess (84 sheet music) | ||
| Style | Jazz | ||
| Arranger |  | ||
| Date | 1935 | ||
| Copyright | Copyright © Dewagtere, Bernard | ||
| Added by bernard-dewagtere, 24 Sep 2011
Gershwin began composing the song in December 1933,
attempting to create his own spiritual in the style of
the African American folk music of the period. The
Ukrainian-Canadian composer and singer Alexis Kochan
has suggested that he based the tune on a Ukrainian
lullaby, Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon (A Dream Passes By
The Windows), which he heard in a New York City
performance by Oleksander Koshetz?s Ukrainian National
Chorus in 1929.[6] Gershwin had completed setting
DuBose Heyward's poem to music ...(+)
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