“Life is a lot like jazz, it’s best when you improvise!” George Gershwin (1898-1937)
George Gershwin was one of the only composers of his era to seamlessly bridge the gap between classical music and jazz. Browse our sheet music scores, take a look at Summertime, Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, I Got Rhythm, and much more, and enjoy all his great works with Stretta Music today!
The American composer, pianist and conductor George Gershwin wrote all sorts of works, for many different musical forces. His symphonic masterpiece from 1924 Rhapsody in Blue is written for piano and orchestra, and beautifully combines true classical composition with lots of exciting jazz elements. He also stretched the boundaries of classical theatre with his 1935 jazz opera Porgy and Bess.
Gershwin was also well-known for his songs, which are among the best Jazz Standards of the era, including Summertime, I Got Rhythm, Fascinating Rhythm, and many, many more.
He is one of a long line of brilliant composers who died long before their time. Shortly before his diagnosis, and subsequent death due to a brain tumour at the age of 38, Gershwin said to his sister Frances:
“I don’t feel I’ve scratched the surface. I don’t think of money any more. I just want to work on American music: symphonies, chamber music, opera. This is what I really want to do. I don’t feel I’ve even scratched the surface.”
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 401734
50 Classic Songs for Piano and Voice with Guitar Chords
The Platinum Collection
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 460141
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026417
Bm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035044
from "Porgy and Bess"
Souvenir Musical
Heft 10
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735592
Am
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035043
Accordion
for: Accordion orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581467
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028324
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049417
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047672
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 479156
Edition Schott
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 756377
for: 2 pianos
Book
Item no.: 847599
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675442
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131932
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 468737
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1022211
Intermediate pieces for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 481814
Zehn Gershwin-Klassiker für Klavier vierhändig
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 399607
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 610525
for two Clarinets and Piano
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 682794
for: 2 clarinets, bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288154
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210170
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 596276
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392566
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Violin [flute], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3491
für Orgel
Orgelmusik aus England und Amerika Band 34
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3492
arranged for Organ after the Piano Pieces
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 750625
An American in Paris
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1209776
Transcribed for two Pianos or four Hands
Alfred's Classic Editions
for: 2 pianos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 214530
Suite für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 476723
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764797
for: Horn, trombone
Ensemble score
Item no.: 609145
for: 4 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210166
Piano Solo Songbook
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 619073
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596767
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241534
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241532
16 Lieder in freien Bearbeitungen für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 557738
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308753
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 857909
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210083
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210165
Originals and Arrangements
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 563340
Fantasy
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 191514
for: 5 clarinets [4 clarinets, bass clarinet]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605268
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