“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.”
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: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 555869
for: Piano
Item no.: 149891
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026420
For Clarinet Quartet
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560611
For Clarinet Choir
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 875181
F
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051235
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026226
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
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
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
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
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035611
Play 20 All-Time Favorites With Sound-Alike CD Tracks
Piano Play Along 71
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 628129
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034289
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034287
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036720
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 655796
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 125529
For mixed voices with piano, optional clarinet, electric guitar, string bass and drum set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556190
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 768073
Am
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612668
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047673
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034804
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034746
Em
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034725
Pocket Songs
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 105720
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029088
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030589
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033554
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036585
Fm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036466
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026425
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026419
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026324
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1026222
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