Novelette In Fourths
- Genre: Classical
- Time: 03:41
- Released: 11/7/2006
- Label:
- Album: Desire
- Credits: George Gershwin arr:MidiOrleans scotty hill
- Artist: MidiOrleans
- Location: AMERICA NORTH: USA: Louisiana (LA)
- Sounds Like: Unknown
Song Information:
Novelette In Fourths was composed by George Gershwin in 1919 for solo piano
as a Rag with Classical elements probably influenced by Maurice Ravel. Novelette in Fourths is an unusual piece of ragtime. The melody is reminiscent of Hello, My Baby!, a popular song of the day, but is harmonized in fourths which lends an Asian flavor to the character. (The Far East was a popular setting for musical comedies and revues in the 1910s and 20s.) Evidently there was a lot of cross-pollination as Novelette's
melody closely resembles the second section of Zez Confrey's popular piano solo Kitten on the Keys, also it has some Habanera influence. Gershwin made a piano roll of Novelette for the Welte-Mignon Company in 1919 that includes a third unpublished section of music that further exploits the fourths melody and takes a surprising harmonic turn. It is likely that Gershwin simply improvised it on the spot.
Arrangement/Orchestration: scotty hill
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