Gershwin asked Ravel and I am pretty certain the number was $100,000
A huge sum ... Swanee (sp?) was a huge hit.
Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 3, 2008, at 1:00 PM, "Jonell Lindholm"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is usually atrributed to Ravel. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin
On 6/3/08, Computer Intelligence LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well there was a story about Gershwin I heard many years ago
that
went something like this. Somebody may be able to fill in the
details. The
way I heard it was that at some point after he was established as a
composer
he decided that it was time for him to learn proper orchestration
techniques. So he applied to a well-known composition instructor
(in the
Paris Conservatory, I believe). The instructor asked Gershwin how
much money
he made the previous year to which he replied $20,000 (a huge
amount back
then). The instructor then replied that Gershwin should teach him
how to
orchestrate.
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