“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: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Porgy and Bess
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for: Schulchor, gemischter Chor (SSAB)
Music score
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Strike Up The Band
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Item no.: 1526395
La La Lucille
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Item no.: 1526306
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526295
Porgy and Bess
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Item no.: 1526772
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Item no.: 1526444
The Show Is On
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Item no.: 1359838
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Item no.: 1364761
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for: Guitar TAB
Item no.: 1362043
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385542
for: Choral
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1383946
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Damsel In Distress
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Item no.: 1526840
Shall We Dance
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Item no.: 1526408
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376126
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Item no.: 1364489
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1386548
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