“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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 469902
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241532
for: 5 clarinets [4 clarinets, bass clarinet]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605268
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308753
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 857909
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555010
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210083
Originals and Arrangements
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 563340
for: 3 clarinets, bass clarinet
Item no.: 334964
16 Lieder in freien Bearbeitungen für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 557738
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671742
for: Bass recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294663
Klassik
for: 3 cellos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288157
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051515
for Violin and Cello
Piano ad. lib.
String Attack
for: Violin, cello; piano ad lib.
Music score, ensemble score
Item no.: 494581
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735592
for: Flexible winds ensemble (5 parts), drums
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1547566
for: 4 clarinets
Item no.: 290430
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3698
for: 4 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210084
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613975
3 Eb Horns
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597385
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661924
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375293
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045407
Walking the Dog from "Shall We Dance"
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 552921
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 644150
arrangiert für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Music score
Item no.: 605004
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 296072
for: Alto saxophone, piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3493
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392538
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 flutes, piano [keyboard]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1312882
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201771
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676595
I Got Rhythm - Somebody Loves Me
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 649705
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Music score
Item no.: 582997
Tondichtung für Orchester
Neuausgabe der Originalfassung
Gershwin Orchestra Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 659940
for Flute Ensemble
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555006
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 616654
for: Saxophonorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555012
21 well-known classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 559091
for: Celli (4-5)
Set of parts
Item no.: 394848
for: clarinet, piano, string quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316874
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656745
for: Piano
Item no.: 149891
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