Editing Rhapsody in Blue (section)

=== Musical portrait of New York City ===
[[File:Night view of lower New York City from the Metropolitan Tower LCCN00651180 Retouched.jpg|thumb|right|''Rhapsody in Blue'' has been interpreted as a musical portrait of [[Jazz Age]] New York City.]]
''Rhapsody in Blue'' has been interpreted as a musical portrait of early-20th-century New York City.{{sfn|King|2016}} Culture scribe Darryn King wrote in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' that "Gershwin's fusion of jazz and classical traditions captures the thriving [[melting pot]] of Jazz Age New York."{{sfn|King|2016}}

Likewise, music historian [[Vince Giordano]] has opined that "the [[syncopation]], the blue notes, the ragtime and jazz rhythms that Gershwin wrote in 1924 was really a feeling of New York City in that amazing era. The rhythm of the city seems to be in there."{{sfn|King|2016}} Pianist [[Lang Lang]] echoes this sentiment: "When I hear ''Rhapsody in Blue'', I see the [[Empire State Building]] somehow. I see the [[New York Skyline]] in midtown Manhattan, and I already see the coffee shops [in] [[Times Square]]."{{sfn|King|2016}}

Accordingly, the opening montage of [[Woody Allen]]'s 1979 film ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' features a rendition by [[Zubin Mehta]] in which quintessential New York scenes are set to the music of Gershwin's famed jazz concerto.{{sfnm|King|2016|Cooper|2016}} Twenty years later, [[Walt Disney Pictures]] used the composition for the New York segment of the 1999 animated film ''[[Fantasia 2000]]'', in which the piece lyrically frames an animated segment drawn in the style of illustrator [[Al Hirschfeld]].{{sfn|Solomon|1999}}