Editing An American in Paris (section)

==Recordings==
''An American in Paris'' has been frequently recorded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''An American in Paris'' by George Gershwin|url=https://www.whosampled.com/George-Gershwin/An-American-in-Paris/ |access-date=2022-12-12|website=[[WhoSampled]]}}</ref> The first recording was made for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] in 1929 with [[Nathaniel Shilkret]] conducting the Victor Symphony Orchestra, drawn from members of the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]]. Gershwin was on hand to "supervise" the recording; however, Shilkret was reported to be in charge and eventually asked the composer to leave the recording studio.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RySwdc151ZoC&pg=PA431|title=George Gershwin: His Life and Work|author-last1=Pollack |author-first1=Howard|author-link=Howard Pollack|date=January 15, 2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-93314-9 |page=774}}</ref> Then, a little later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief [[celesta]] solo during the slow section, so he hastily asked Gershwin if he might play the solo; Gershwin said he could and so he briefly participated in the actual recording.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sullivan |first1=Steve |title=Encyclopedia of great popular song recordings |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810882959 |page=32}}</ref> This recording is believed to use the taxi horns in the way that Gershwin had intended using the notes A-flat, B-flat, a higher D, and a lower A.<ref name="nytimes1" />

The radio broadcast of the September 8, 1937, Hollywood Bowl George Gershwin Memorial Concert, in which ''An American in Paris,'' also conducted by Shilkret, was second on the program, was recorded and was released in 1998 in a two-CD set.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Gershwin Memorial Concert - 1937 Concert Cast |url=https://castalbums.org/recordings/George-Gershwin-Memorial-Concert-1937-Concert-Cast/7204 |publisher=Cast Albums |access-date=March 13, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Arthur Fiedler]] and the [[Boston Pops Orchestra]] recorded the work for RCA Victor, including one of the first stereo recordings of the music.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

In 1945, [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducting the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] recorded the piece for [[RCA Victor]], one of the few commercial recordings Toscanini made of music by an American composer.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pollack |first=Howard |url=http://california.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1525/california/9780520248649.001.0001/upso-9780520248649 |title=George GershwinHis Life and Work |date=2007-01-15 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24864-9 |doi=10.1525/california/9780520248649.003.0023}}</ref>

The [[Seattle Symphony]] also recorded a version in 1990 of Gershwin's original score, before numerous edits were made resulting in the score as we hear it today.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bargreen|first=Melinda|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900628&slug=1079541|title=Recordings|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=June 28, 1990|access-date=July 25, 2023}}</ref>

The blues section of ''An American in Paris'' has been recorded separately by a number of artists; [[Ralph Flanagan]] & His Orchestra released it as a single in 1951 which reached No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' chart.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NP6OdDrutyAC&pg=PA22|title=Hit Records, 1950–1975|first= David F.|last= Lonergan |date= 2005|page=22 |isbn=9780810851290 |publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref> [[Harry James]] released a version of the blues section on his 1953 album ''One Night Stand,'' recorded live at the [[Aragon Ballroom (Chicago)|Aragon Ballroom in Chicago]] ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]] GL 522 and CL 522).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia Album Discography (1951–55) |url=https://www.bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia500.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.bsnpubs.com}}</ref>