“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: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186413
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 633575
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189455
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1012010
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 610529
for: Piano and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 417686
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 610525
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 150496
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597054
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 372018
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 941166
for: Voice, keyboard
Songbook
Item no.: 626980
for: Voice
Book, CD
Item no.: 847951
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 146058
B-Dur
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745879
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 552924
A Symphonic Tribute
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 556034
für Violine und Klavier
String Attack
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 618708
Das Kammerorchester, Band 7
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632639
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 137594
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671196
Drei Songs für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 227146
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 246262
for: Melody instrument (B-flat/E-flat), piano
Item no.: 112645
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943349
for: Concert band
Item no.: 550545
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Item no.: 566083
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934178
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934045
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932211
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 901352
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899832
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 889070
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 942672
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948506
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947575
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946886
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679520
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910845
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 849711
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667455
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 461616
(Facsimile)
Score
Item no.: 393301
for: jazz Ensemble with Vocal Feature
Score
Item no.: 941197
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1202947
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948853
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 948796
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