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Dimitri Tiomkin at the piano for Rhapsody in Blue, May 1926

Dimitri Tiomkin at the piano for Rhapsody in Blue, May 1926

Dimitri Tiomkin at the piano for Rhapsody in Blue, White Studios, New York City, May 1926. Inscribed by Tiomkin: "Dear Ones! Sending you a vignette of the jazzy setting for Rhapsody in Blue, music by Gershwin, in my transcription for two pianos and orchestra and in the production for my wife Albertina in the [Hippodrome] theater in which 6½ thousand people have seen the production. The production had 28 performances." Image number: DT38 (8-inch x 10-inch publicity photograph). Behind the photograph: Rhapsody in Blue

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