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Composer

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

1898–1937

764 works in the index

Born
1898
Died
1937
Birthplace
Brooklyn
Citizenship / historical state
United States
Period (estimated from birth year)
Modern

Biography

Gershwin left school at 15 to get into the music business. His first job in that business was to play newly composed scores on the piano to interested singers or performers, helping the composers find their market. As he developed his own skill as a composer, he asked Maurice Ravel for lessons. Ravel refused, saying that he feared damaging Gershwin’s own unique style. Arnold Schoenberg, similarly, told him: “I would only make you a second-rate Schoenberg, and you are such a good Gershwin already.” Gershwin’s legacy includes the opera “Porgy and Bess,” with songs such as “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” as well as “Rhapsody in Blue,” a jazz pianist’s concert work, and “An American in Paris,” a more fully orchestrated piece that inspired the 1951 movie musical of the same name. Gershwin, who had become the wealthiest composer of his time, died suddenly of a brain tumor in 1937. He was interred in Hudson, New York.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Vocal, Voice, Guitar, Choir
Genres represented
Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway, pop
Works with composition dates
13 of 764

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 6 of 16

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Prelude in E-flat Major — —E-flat major —Jazz, Classical 1
Patriotic Rally and Crowd Exit — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Come-Look-at-the-War Choral Society — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Oh, This Is Such a Lovely War — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Sunday in London Town — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
My Lady — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Gershwin's Improvisations for Solo Piano: transcribed from the 1926 and 1928 disc recordings — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Lullaby - Violin 2 — —— String QuartetJazz, Classical 1
At Half-Past Seven — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Hey! Hey! Let 'Er Go — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Midnight Bells — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Rose of Madrid — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
A Kiss for Cinderella — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 2
Lets Be Lonesome Together — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical, pop 1
I Found a Four Leaf Clover — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Prelude No. 3 in E-flat Minor — —E-flat minor —Jazz, Classical 1
Hoping That Someday You'd Care — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
The War That Ended War — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Strut Lady With Me — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
The Gershwin Collection for Solo Guitar — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Lullaby - Viola — —— String QuartetJazz, Classical 1
Ballet Music — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Dixie Rose — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Throw Her In High — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Year After Year — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Cactus Time in Arizona — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 2
Concerto in F - Violin 1 — —— String QuartetJazz, Classical 1
The Yankee Doodle Blues — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way - Violin 1 — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way - Viola — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way - String Bass — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Prelude in G Minor — —G minor —Jazz, Classical 1
Ding Dong — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Sweetheart I'm So Glad That I Met You — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Jasbo Brown's Blues — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Moonlight in Versailles — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
In the Rain — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Crowd Exit — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Gershwin's Improvisations for Solo Piano - Introduction — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Lullaby - Cello — —— String QuartetJazz, Classical 1
Somehow It Seldom Comes True — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
You Are You — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Concerto in F - Violin 2 — —— String QuartetJazz, Classical 1
Limehouse Nights — —— Piano, VocalJazz, Classical 1
Porgy and Bess for Strings - Conductor's Score - Conductor's Score — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Porgy and Bess for Strings - Violin 2 - Violin 2 — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Porgy and Bess for Strings - Cello - Cello — —— —Jazz, Classical 1
Prelude in G Major — —G major —Jazz, Classical 1

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 61554329. Portrait: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.