“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.”
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Item no.: 1359930
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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String Attack
for: 2 VL (+ KLAV)
Score, Parts
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for: Big band
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: Flexible Jazz Band
Score
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for: Marching band
Score
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for: Brass band
Score
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for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: 5 brass winds
Book
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 1016556
Weltberuehmte Vortragsstuecke 4
for: Piano
Item no.: 140296
for: Combo
Music score
Item no.: 644684
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Set of parts
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359424
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1091090
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 487478
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 944999
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963738
for: Marching band
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 939933
for Eb instrument (tenor horn/french horn/alto saxophone) and piano
for: Melody instrument (E-flat), piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
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Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113015
Clarinet Attack
Item no.: 618709
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for: Violin, trumpet, piano
3 single parts
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Strike up the Band
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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