“Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see …”
Lyrics & Music: Irving Berlin (1888-1989) 

Don’t feel blue, enjoy Willie Nelson’s 1978 version of Berlin’s song,
originally written in 1926:

Blue was a precious color in ancient times and today it is the most
commonly used color all over the world.

Italian composer Paolo Conte associates old world atmosphere
with a dark shade of blue, “En Bleu Marine”:

En Bleu Marine from conte_official on Vimeo.

The most famous clarinet solo appears in the beloved “Rhapsody in Blue”
by George Gershwin (1898-1937). Watch Leonard Bernstein conduct the
New York Philharmonic and play the piano solo:

 

Enjoy another rhapsody: Bohemian Rhapsody
For more shades of blue, visit our post: La mer