Editing Rhapsody in Blue (section)

== Preservation status ==
On September 22, 2013, the Gershwin estate announced that a [[musicological]] [[historical editions (music)|critical edition]] of the full orchestral score will be eventually released. The Gershwin family, working in conjunction with the [[Library of Congress]] and the [[University of Michigan]], are working to make these scores available to the public.{{sfn|Gershwin Initiative|2013}}{{sfn|Canty|2013}} Though the entire Gershwin project may take 40 years to complete, the ''Rhapsody in Blue'' edition will be an early volume.{{sfn|Clague|Getman|2015}}{{sfn|Clague|2013}}

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| filename     = George Gershwin playing Rhapsody in Blue.ogg
| title        = Selections from ''Rhapsody in Blue''
| description  = 1924 recording featuring George Gershwin on piano with the [[Paul Whiteman Orchestra]]
}}
''Rhapsody in Blue'' entered the [[2020 in public domain|public domain on January 1, 2020]], although individual recordings of it may remain under copyright.{{sfn|King|Jenkins|2019}}{{sfn|Jenkins|2019}} The first published recordings from 1924 entered the public domain in 2025.{{sfn|Jenkins|Boyle|n.d.}}