| Work Title
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Drifting Along with the Tide
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Gershwin, George
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IGG 22
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| Key
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G major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 (verse, refrain)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1921
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| First Performance.
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1921-07-11 in New York, Apollo Theater.
- in George White's Scandals
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| First Publication.
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1921 ca.
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| Copyright Information
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Although purely instrumental selections and arrangements are permitted for this piece items containing any text by the author(s) listed below cannot be added to the main server (located in Canada) until 70 years after the death of the author(s). Items with text first published before 1930 or otherwise confirmed as public domain in the United States can be uploaded to the US server only.
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| Librettist
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Arthur Jackson (1911-1977)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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voice, piano
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| External Links
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All Music Guide
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| Extra Information
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Gershwin wrote this song along with four others (I Love You, She's Just a Baby, South Sea Isles, and Where East Meets West) for George White's Scandals. The show was a success and so were Gershwin's songs. The composer recorded the song in a piano roll (Duo-Art 1744) the same year.
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