“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: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241534
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241532
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210083
for: 5 clarinets [4 clarinets, bass clarinet]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605268
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308753
for clarinet ensemble score and parts
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555010
Fantasy
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 191514
for: 3 clarinets, bass clarinet
Item no.: 334964
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671742
for: Bass recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1294663
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
Muzika Festival Music
for: Variable Wind Ensemble and Drums
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1547566
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051515
Klassik
for: 3 cellos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288157
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613975
for Violin and Cello
Piano ad. lib.
String Attack
for: Violin, cello; piano ad lib.
Music score, ensemble score
Item no.: 494581
for: 4 clarinets
Item no.: 290430
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Alto saxophone, piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3493
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 644150
3 Eb Horns
for: 3 horns (F)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597385
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661924
arrangiert für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Music score
Item no.: 605004
Walking the Dog from "Shall We Dance"
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 552921
für Klavier und Orchester
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392538
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045407
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375293
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 296072
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 757700
I Got Rhythm - Somebody Loves Me
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 649705
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 flutes, piano [keyboard]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1312882
Rumba
The Donald Hunsberger Wind Library
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676595
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201771
Tondichtung für Orchester
Neuausgabe der Originalfassung
Gershwin Orchestra Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 659940
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Music score
Item no.: 582997
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 616654
for Saxophone Choir
for: Saxophonorchester
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555012
Bearbeitung der Klavier-Preludes
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 767547
21 well-known classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 559091
for Flute Ensemble
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555006
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
aus "Porgy and Bess"
'cello by Birtel Vol. 27
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656745
for: clarinet, piano, string quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316874
for: Celli (4-5)
Set of parts
Item no.: 394848
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