“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: 4 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210166
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665795
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1646016
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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F
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Gm
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642303
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Db
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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F
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Am
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Cm
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Eb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642057
for: Schulchor, gemischter Chor (SSAB)
Music score
Item no.: 1641910
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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C
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638700
Am
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638540
D
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638791
D
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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D
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638695
C#m
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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C
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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Dm
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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F
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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Em
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
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D
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638615
A
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638888
A
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638554
Am
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
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G
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
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F
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
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E
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
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F
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612368
Eb
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612669
F
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612666
for: Piano
Music score
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Music score
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1562413
C#m
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554665
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554368
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553466
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554928
F
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1554698