“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: Choral
Item no.: 1376776
for: Guitar TAB
Item no.: 1360847
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375834
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375757
Song from the Musical "Capitol Revue"
for solo instrument in C / Bb / Eb and Piano / Keyboard / Guitar
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3679
Edition Schott
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737262
Saxophon-Oktett für Ensembles mit Mitgliedern unterschiedlichen Spielfortschritts
for: 8 saxophones (octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 611584
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658927
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1659197
für flexibles Ensemble
Ensemble ad libitum 61
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 626597
for Piano and Orchestra
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198290
Dushkin Transcriptions
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749982
from "George White’s Scandals of 1924"
for Violin and Piano / Guitar
for: Violin, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3466
Song (Sportin' Life) from "Porgy and Bess"
arranged for 3 guitars
for: 3 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3548
Overture
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298275
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937292
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762309
for: Piano
Item no.: 401941
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846751
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 938984
Belwin Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 938550
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252113
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252112
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252103
for: Alto Recorder, Tenor Recorder & Bass Recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288150
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613629
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613606
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613602
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613592
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1613579
for: Cornet, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1613401
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602061
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602060
for: Tenor recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602056
for: Bartione Saxophone & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602051
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602047
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602043
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1602037
for: Trumpet & String Quartet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636788
for: Trumpet & 5-Part Ensemble
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636707
for: Trumpet & 5 Trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636704
for: Trumpet & 5 Trumpets or Cornets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636046
for: Trumpet & Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, F Horn & Bassoon
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636040
for: Trumpet & Woodwind Quartet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636033
for: Trumpet & 4 Saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635910
for: Trumpet & Brass Quartet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635906
for: Trumpet & String Quartet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635857
for: Trumpet & Brass Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629844
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