The trumpet's half asleep too ... So, in 1924, he wrote it down and when listening to the result he called it Rhapsody In Blue DIONNE BROMFIELD:A rhapsody is the name for one piece of music ...

A trumpet is the highest pitched brass instrument ... listen to this piece called Gerswin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Gershwin chose the clarinet to represent the sound of New York City 'waking up ...