“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.”
Am
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035043
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Violin [flute], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3491
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210165
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026417
Bm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035044
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028324
Edition Schott
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756377
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047672
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049417
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210170
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3492
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
arranged for Organ after the Piano Pieces
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750625
for: 4 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210166
An American in Paris
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209776
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210083
Song from "Porgy And Bess"
for solo instrument in C / Bb / Eb and Piano / Keyboard / Guitar
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
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735592
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051515
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Alto saxophone, piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3493
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045407
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375293
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 757700
from "The Show Is On"
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3654
from "Three Preludes for Piano"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3304
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 755907
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026420
F
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051235
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026447
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026443
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026427
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026422
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026226
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033552
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033174
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029285
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1048754
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035099
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034749
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032999
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034289
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034287
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035611
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032332
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032331
Fm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1031035
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028722