# Rhapsody in Blue at 100: Ryan Raul Bañagale

Scholar Ryan Raul Bañagale offered a lecture on the occasion of the 100th birthday of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” celebrated at the Library with a performance of the work by Simone Dinnerstein and the United States Air Force Band. Bañagale, an expert on Rhapsody in Blue who prepared the critical edition of the work’s original version, spoke about the origins of the iconic work and the contributions of Ferde Grofé and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, as well as its import to the 1920s music scene in New York City. Bañagale also discusses “Rhapsody in Blue” in terms of cultural appropriation and the complicated legacy of the work.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 41 min
- By: Bañagal, Ryan Raul
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-9838/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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