“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
The four themes arranged for woodwind quintet
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562150
für Orgel
Orgelmusik aus England und Amerika Band 34
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 577329
for: Flute, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316959
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392499
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
Accordion
for: Accordion orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581467
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028324
Edition Schott
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756377
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1022211
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675442
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049417
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131932
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047672
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: 2 pianos
Book
Item no.: 847599
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 468737
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
JAZZINATION
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 596276
for: 2 clarinets, bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288154
for two Clarinets and Piano
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 682794
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392566
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 552919
for: Trumpet [cornet/flugelhorn], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 337521
Saxophone quintet s/a-a-(a/t)-t-b, also, playable as quartet, 3rd part optional
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar) [5 saxophones (SAATBar/SATTBar/AAATBar/AATTBar)]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660543
Guest Spot
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 486190
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478956
Edition Pro Salon
for: Violin, cello, piano; violin, instrument (C/B-flat), double bass ad lib.
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 582915
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
Piano Solo Songbook
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 619073
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764797
for: Horn, trombone
Ensemble score
Item no.: 609145
Suite für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 476723
Transcribed for two Pianos or four Hands
Alfred's Classic Editions
for: 2 pianos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 214530
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 241534
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596767
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