“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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565969
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582310
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Sheet music
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1562413
For mixed voices with piano, optional clarinet, electric guitar, string bass and drum set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556190
C#m
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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G
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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F
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Piano Solo
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Bb
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Piano Solo
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Bb
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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F
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Piano Solo
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F
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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F
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Piano Solo
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F
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Eb
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Piano Solo
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Gb
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Piano Solo
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Flute, guitar
Piano score, solo part
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for: Choir
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543002
Klassik
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108930
for: clarinet, piano, string quartet
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Item no.: 1527070
EDITION CLARINET
for: Clarinet [saxophone], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1031084
New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 873096
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar) [5 saxophones (AATTBar)]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023094
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1022211
for: 6 saxophones (SAAATBar/ SATTTBar)
Score, Parts
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Simplified Version
for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Music Lesson Book with Online Media (App)
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for: Guitar ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Choral
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for: 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780763
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 779433