One of his orchestral pieces has a percussion section including claves, guiro, maracas, and bongos. That piece, originally entitled Rumba, is his Cuban Overture. A solo trumpe
One of his orchestral pieces has a percussion section including claves, guiro, maracas, and bongos. That piece, originally entitled Rumba, is his Cuban Overture. A solo trumpet in another piece represents a "spasm of homesickness," and that piece also uses taxi horns to depict the bustle of the titular city. His best-known orchestral piece opens with a trill and upward glissando for the clarinet, and he composed an opera in which Clara sings a lullaby about a time when "fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high," "Summertime." For 10 points, identify this American composer of An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess, and Rhapsody in Blue.
One of his orchestral pieces has a percussion section including claves, guiro, maracas, and bongos.
George Gershwin