february 12, 1924 in 1968 , george gershwin's rhapsody was first performed in new york.o write a jazz concerto for piano and orchestra and call it an american rhapsody. but his brother aera, inspired by whistler's painting nacturne in blue and gold, suggested his own version, rhabsody in blue tones. the improvisational free form was ideal for gershwin, because he was a master of the song genre and was not very well versed in the strict laws of large-scale musical form. it took him only a month to create an absolutely innovative work and to prove to the whole world that a symphony orchestra can also play jazz. gershwin's rhabsody split society into two camps, supporters and opponents of such a bold experiment. sergei rachmaninoff was present at the premiere. exactly 10 years later, he came out with his own interpretation of the genre. he called his variations for piano and orchestra "rhabsody on the theme of pursuits". in the summer of 1934, sergei vasilyevich and his family moved into the newly built villa on the shore of lake lucerne. you can't imagine how good it is he

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this is a great story of the first theater group united states senate was by george gershwin. american opera genre russians associate withit europ. not in us or with the united states american written, american sung primarily which totally blew away soviet union viewers they'd been fed a propaganda african americans or blacks of the nights it's had no rights, had no education, had no opportunities and here is that metropolitan opera great success.ta and remember to this day is a monumental first step. that continually denies small skills very, very important. not just for showcasing cultural achievements, which is important but beginning the person-to-person contact. as i looked through some of president eisenhower's writings and speeches i come across people to people contact. he greatly believed at the end of the day you had ordinary americans thursday cultural exchange, very important. i began rather small 1958. with academic exchanges so professors of history, histories of political science dealt with the soviet union could spend some time in the soviet union and an equal

theater group that the united states sent to the soviet union was the opera porgy and bess by george gershwind what was amazing about it was the american opera, a genre ans sociated with europe, not necessarily with the united states, american written american song, and primarily by not for american star cast, which of course, totally blew away soviet viewers because they had been fed propaganda that our afro-americans blacks in the united states had no rights, had no education, had no opportunities. and here was the metropolitan opera with a virtually all black cast singing porgy and bess. great success and remembered to this day as one of these, you know, monumental first steps that continued. and i think on a small scale, it was very, very important, not just for showcasing cultural achievements, which is important, but i think for beginning that person to person contact. and as i look through some of president eisenhower, his writings and speeches, i've come across people to people contact him greatly believed that that at the end of the day you had to have power for ordinary americans. o

but also music legends george and ira gershwin, jonathan larson max roach. so go on the website and long llc echo. i think you'll be surprised. can anyhow, two questions. how do you work with local libraries and can anybody get a library card for the library of congress? if you're and older you can get a reader's card and that allows you access to the reading rooms that are in washington dc. but anybody can go on to the website and get information. we even on the website, something called ask a librarian and you can email library and you get a real time back. and so you have that and you also have the opportunity to participate in our virtual front door, we call it that. you can look at programs, you can do all of these things. the way we connect with libraries throughout the country and it's on display today at the convention center is called roadmap to reading each state and territory has a booth and we connect with them through the centers for the book so you can pick your favorite state and. now, all of the young people in that expo floor are going aroun