Composer
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
149 works in the index
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1971
Biography
Louis Armstrong was born into a very poor family and received early musical instruction at the Waif’s Home for Boys. He soon began to play his cornet at parties, dances, funeral marches and local honky-tonks. This earned him a reputation as a fine blues player. In the early 1920s he moved to Chicago, and there his career took off. Over the subsequent decades he created a series of solos that introduced the concept of swing music and that became among the most influential recordings in jazz history. Among his great hits were Cornet Chop Suey, Potatoe Head Blues, Heebie Jeebies, West End Blues, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Star Dust, Body and Soul, Blueberry Hill,That Lucky Old Sun, La Vie En Rose, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, I Get Ideas. Hello, Dolly, and What a Wonderful World. In 1972 he received (posthumously) a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Voice, Guitar, Trumpet
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Blues, pop, Country, Rock
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 149
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 4 of 4
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Cumparsita | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1812 Overture | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| What A Wonderful World - Trombone 1 & 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| What A Wonderful World - Trombone/Baritone B.C. | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| When the Saints go Marchin In | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |