“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.: 1373826
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373827
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 857909
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357398
Una lettura di "Rhapsody in Blue"
Musicalia 10
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 774553
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1358380
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1527396
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378744
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523013
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1358427
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1523569
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1523014
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1523401
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 769766
A marvelous celebration of the music and the life of one of America's greatest musical figures
Readers on American Musicians
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 769194
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 768073
Jazz Chorals
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 768079
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768075
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768077
Bearbeitung der Klavier-Preludes
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 767547
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764797
B-Dur
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745879
Easy Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745471
Easy Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Big band
Score
Item no.: 745467
FlexBand
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 697357
FlexBand
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697358
Misc
for: 2 pianos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 696935
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378836
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966267
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1583231
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 694255
A Treasury of Favorite Songs to Play
My First Piano Song Books
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 693723
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 692412
Featuring: Strike Up the Band! / I Got Rhythm / Embraceable You / Summertime / Prelude II / An American in Paris / Rhapsody in Blue
Pop Symphonic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690229
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 686831
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373986
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373988
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373987
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378813
arranged for Full Orchestra with optional Piano
Pop Concert Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra; piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 685664
arranged for Full Orchestra with optional Piano
Pop Concert Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677858
Ein Medley von drei Welterfolgen für Männerchor und Klavier (mit deutschen Texten) oder mit Gitarre/ Bassgitarre/ Schlagzeug
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; rhythm group ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 685152
Ein Medley von drei Welterfolgen für Männerchor und Klavier (mit deutschen Texten) oder mit Gitarre/ Bassgitarre/ Schlagzeug
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; rhythm group ad lib.
Instrumental parts
Item no.: 685154
Ein Medley von drei Welterfolgen für Männerchor und Klavier (mit deutschen Texten) oder mit Gitarre/ Bassgitarre/ Schlagzeug
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; rhythm group ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 685153
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374693
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374694
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374695
for two Clarinets and Piano
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 682794
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