The Listeners’ Club calls George Gershwin’s An American in Paris “one of the most iconic pieces of 20th century music”. You can hear how it fuses together popular styles like jazz and blues with symphonic influences from composers like Debussy and Ravel.

It was first performed in 1928, and first published in a piano transcription in 1929. That joins the public domain in 26 days, but we have to wait another year for Gershwin’s full orchestra score, published in 1930. #PublicDomainDayCountdown