Gershwin originally planned to compose 24 preludes for this group of works. The number was reduced to seven in manuscript form, and then reduced to five in public performance, and further decreased to three when first published in 1926. Two of the remaining preludes not published were rearranged for solo violin and piano and published as Short Story. Of the other two, the Prelude in G was eliminated by the publisher because somewhat similar music had already appeared in Gershwin's Concerto in F. The other was excluded for unknown reasons.
Tempo | Allegro |
Date of composition | 1926 in New York, NY, United States |
Premiered | 1926 (Roosevelt Hotel) in New York, NY, United States by George Gershwin |
First published | 1926 |
Type | Prelude |
Tonality | B-flat Major |
Approx. duration | 7 minutes |
Instruments | Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
George Gershwin: Three Preludes en si bémol majeur George Gershwin: Three Preludes in si bemolle maggiore George Gershwin: Three Preludes B-dur |