Title, Duration, Place, Year, Publisher, Dedicated to, Premiere (performer(s), place, date)

GERSHWINESCA, 12', Bayonne/Chatou, 2000, Schott, to Wayne Marshall, Wayne Marshall, RFH, London, 30.04.01

Naji Hakim wrote Gershwinesca to the English piano and organ virtuoso, Wayne Marshall. The rhapsodic piece  pays a tribute from beyond the oceans to George Gershwin, by recalling, in a witty and humorous rondo form, several themes of the American great symphonic jazz composer.

Naji Hakim a composé Gershwinesca pour le pianiste et organiste virtuose, Wayne Marshall. La pièce, de conception rhapsodique, rend hommage à George Gershwin, en rappelant, dans un rondo spirituel et humouristique, différents thèmes du grand compositeur américain de jazz symphonique.

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Quotations in Naji Hakim's Gershwinesca from George Gershwin's works:

Note: The figures X/Y/Z correspond respectively to the page, bar, and system of the published score of Gershwinesca at Schott.

• "Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off" (Shall We Dance, Chappell)
  2/1/1 to 2/4/2; 5/3 to 6/2/2; 20/2/1 to 21/1/3; 23/1 to 23/4/3

• "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Rosalie, Chappell)
  3/3/4 to 4/3/3; 4/4/4 to 5/2/1; 22/2/2 to 22/4/3

• "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (A Damsel in Distress, Chappell)
  4/3/4 to 4/4/2; 22/1/1

• "I Got Rhythm" (Girl Crazy, Chappell)
  7/1/3 to 8/1/2; 9/1/2 to 9/3/1; 10/2/3 to 12/1/2; 25/1 to 26/1/2;
  26/3/1 to 26/4/2; 32/1 to 32/3/1

• "Fascinating Rhythm" (Lady Be Good!, Chappell)
  8/3 to 9/1/1; 26/1/3 to 26/2/2

• "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Oh, Kay!, Chappell)
  9/3/3 to 10/1/2; 19/3/1 to 19/3/2; 27/1 to 27/3/2

• "Porgy and Bess" (Chappell)

  • Overture: 12/2/1; 27/4/2
  • Summertime: 15/1/3 to 15/2/1
  • My Man’s Gone Now: 27/4/1
  • I Loves You, Porgy: 31/3/2 to 31/4/2

• "Swanee" (Capitol Revue, Chappell)
  12/3 to 15/1/1; 28/1/2 to 31/1/1

• "Bronco Busters" (Girl Crazy, Chappell)
  15/3/3 to 18/1/3

• "The Man I Love" (Chappell)
  19/1/1 to 19/3/1

• Concerto in F (Warner Bros. Publications Inc., copyright 1927–1942, New World Music Corporation)
  19/1/2 to 19/2/4; 32/1/1 to 32/1/2; 32/3/2 to 33/1

• "Bidin’ My Time" (Girl Crazy, Chappell)
  19/3/3 to 20/1/1

• "An American in Paris" (Harms Inc. NY or Salabert)
  15/2/3; 19/3/3 to 20/1/3; 33/2/3 to 33/3/2

• "Rhapsody in Blue" (Salabert)
  1/1/1; 10/1/3; 28/1/1

• "They Can’t Take That Away from Me" (Shall We Dance?, Chappell)
  31/2/2 to 31/3/2