“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.”
Modern Arrangements of Old Favourites
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 481713
E
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612670
in G major
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558580
Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026449
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026442
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026431
Choral Highlights
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 744841
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047668
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047486
Cm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1050109
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032400
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029669
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035260
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033175
from the Opera "Porgy and Bess"
for: Voice (bass-baritone), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198321
For Saxophone Choir
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 875208
F
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612368
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033553
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033437
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035945
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029377
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027479
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026446
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026434
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1028292
Eb
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612669
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 658575
Highlights
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958962
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768075
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 346804
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028604
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032259
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030834
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047485
Jazz Vocal Series
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697775
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027485
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026444
For Saxophone Choir
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482455
For Saxophone Choir
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 481705
For Clarinet Choir
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 887492
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197018
F
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612666
New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 873096
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032442
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032263
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035888
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1047671
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035104
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