Walking the Dog (Gershwin)

Walking the Dog

by George Gershwin

Gershwin, 1937

Key| C major
Catalogue| IGG 14
Genre| Film score
Form| Orchestra
Commissioned by| Nathaniel Shilkret
Performed| 1937
Published| 1960

Walking the Dog is one of many musical numbers written in 1937 by George Gershwin for the score for the Fred Astaire – Ginger Rogers film Shall We Dance. In the film, the music accompanies a sequence of walking a dog on board a luxury liner. In 1960, the sequence was published as "Promenade".

Most of the score from the film (composed and orchestrated by Gershwin) remains unpublished and unavailable in modern stereo recordings.

On September 22, 2013, it was announced that a musicological critical edition of the full orchestral score would be released, as a result of collaboration between the Gershwin family, the Library of Congress and the University of Michigan.[1] The entire Gershwin project may take 30 to 40 years to complete, and it is unknown when the score to Shall We Dance (which includes Walking The Dog) will be released.[2][3]

It is unknown whether the critical edition will include the round section heard on the soundtrack.

## See also

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* List of compositions by George Gershwin

## References

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1. ^ Green, Zachary (September 14, 2013). "New, critical edition of George and Ira Gershwin's works to be compiled". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
2. ^ Clague, Mark (September 20, 2013). "George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition". Musicology Now.
3. ^ "The Gershwin Initiative: The Editions". University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

## External links

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* Video – George Gershwin – Walking The Dog (03:17).

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