Gershwin composed An American in Paris on commission from the conductor Walter Damrosch. He scored the piece for the standard instruments of the symphony orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and automobile horns. He brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928, in Carnegie Hall, with Damrosch conducting the New York Philharmonic. Gershwin completed the orchestration on November 18, less than four weeks before the work's premiere.
Tempo | Allegretto grazioso |
Date of composition | 1928 in New York, NY, United States |
Premiered | 1928, December 13th (Carnegie Hall) in New York, NY, United States |
First published | 1929 by New World Music |
Type | Symphonic Poem |
Tonality | F Major |
Approx. duration | 19 minutes |
Instruments | Orchestra |
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