1931 RCA PROGRAM TRANSCRIPTIONS GERSHWIN RHAPSODY IN BLUE VICTOR PRIZE SELECTION

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Ultra rare 1931 issue of the famous Paul Whiteman Rhapsody in Blue w George Gershwin at the Piano / The winners of the 1928 Victor Composition Prize

10" L-24001

In 1928 Nat Shilkret established a competition for the best modern American composition. The grand prize of $10,000 was awarded to a composer of enormous talent and no reputation, Thomas Griselle (1891-1955). Griselle was Ohio-born and had studied at the Cincinnati College of Music. After World War I he became a recording director at the Gennett Studio in New York City, and later recorded piano duets for Edison. Upon winning the prize, Griselle went to Europe and studied with both Nadia Boulanger and Arnold Schönberg. The titles of his works, such as "Cubist Foxtrot" and "Czerny Pilots a Flying Saucer" are intriguing, but Griselle’s output has yet to be investigated by scholars. The "Nocturne" movement of Griselle’s Two American Sketches became a sort of underground standard in the Big Band era, and was recorded by Artie Shaw and John Kirby among others.

The second prize of $5,000 was given to a much better known composer, Rube Bloom (1902-1976). Completely self-taught in music, Bloom was already established by 1928 through his popular novelty ragtime pieces such as "Soliloquy" and "Spring Fever". He would later distinguish himself in composing popular songs that have since become standards, such as "Give Me the Simple Life" and "Fools Rush In" (written with Johnny Mercer). Song of the Bayou is one of only a few pieces that Bloom wrote with the concert hall in mind, the rest of his output being in a purely popular vein. Another composer that made his reputation in novelty ragtime was Louis Alter (1902-1980). Shilkret thought enough of Alter’s music to record two of his compositions, Manhattan Serenade and Manhattan Moonlight. Like Bloom, Alter was primarily a writer of pop songs; among his hits were "My Kinda Love", "A Melody from the Sky" and "You Turned the Tables on Me". Manhattan Serenade itself became a hit after Harold Adamson added words to it in 1942. Unlike Bloom, Alter continued to write serious music beyond 1932.

A: Paul Whiteman ORch Rhapsody in Blue w George Gershwin at the Piano

B: "1st prize award." This notation refers to a competition sponsored by the Victor Talking Machine Company in which the winner, composer Thomas Griselle, received a $10,000 award.

Two American sketches - Nocturne ; March Thomas Griselle (composer)

2nd prize award

Song of the bayou - Spirituelle or damon Rube Bloom (composer)

Victor Concert Orchestra (Musical group) 
Nathaniel Shilkret (director)

12/13/1928 New York, New York. Liederkranz Hall

SHELLAC ( not vinyl) 10"  33 RPM Record  

Condition: VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS, plays quiet w some crackly swish, faint buzzing finale of Rhaps

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