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George Gershwin

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's Wonderful (3)
A Damsel in Distress (3)
A Foggy Day (In London Town) (3)
A Suite of Preludes (arr. LA and R Stoodley for piano duo) (1)
Ambulatory Suite (arr. Nelson Riddle) (1)
American Stories (1)
An American in Paris (arr. Jascha Heifetz) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. Julian Jacobson for piano 4 hands) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. LA and R Stoodley for piano duo as 'An American in Paris revisited') (1)
An American in Paris (arr. M van Gils) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for 2 pianos and percussion) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for 4 pianos) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for accordion and string quintet) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for brass septet) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for clarinet trio) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for reed quintet) (1)
An American in Paris (arr. for saxophones by A. Vrieswijk) (1)
An American in Paris (excerpt arr. for Clarinet and Strings) (1)
An American in Paris (trans. William Daly for solo piano) (1)
An American in Paris: medley (1)
An American in Paris in miniature (paraphrased for piano solo by Maurice Whitney) (1)
An American in Paris (43)
Blah Blah Blah (2)
Blue Lullaby (1)
Boy! What Love has Done to Me! (2)
But Not for Me (3)
By Strauss (5)
Crazy Girl (1)
Cuban Overture (arr. Francois Vallieres) (1)
Cuban Overture (arr. for brass ensemble) (1)
Cuban Overture (version for piano duet) (1)
Cuban Overture (19)
Dayful of Song (1)
Diversions (arr. LA and R Stoodley for piano duo) (1)
East is West (1)
Embraceable You (arr. Henry Levine) (1)
Embraceable You (9)
Fascinatin' Rhythm (6) (2)
Fascinatin' Rhythm (arr. Chilcott) (1)
Fascinatin' Rhythm (arr. Oivind Westby) (1)
Fascinatin' Rhythm (4)
Fidgety Feet (1)
Fragment in G minor (2)
Funny Face (9)
George Gershwin's Songbook for piano (18) (arr. Enrico Fagnoni) (1)
George Gershwin's Songbook for piano (18) (excerpts) (1)
George Gershwin's Songbook for piano (18) (10)
George White's Scandals of 1924 (3)
Gershwin in Brass (1)
Gershwin in Hollywood (1)
Girl Crazy (selections) (1)
Girl Crazy (25)
Goldwyn Follies (5)
Graceful and Elegant (1)
How Long Has This Been Going On (1)
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (3)
I Got Rhythm (arr. for 4 pianos) (1)
I Got Rhythm (trans. Earl Wild) (1)
I Got Rhythm Variations (arr. Iain Farrington) (1)
I Got Rhythm Variations (original version for 2 pianos) (1)
I Got Rhythm Variations (12)
I Got Rhythm (14)
Impromptu in Two Keys (8)
Isn't It a Pity? (1)
Just Another Rhumba (arr. Carlo Martelli) (1)
La-La-Lucille! (1)
Lady, Be Good (19)
Liza (3)
Love is here to stay (5)
Love walked in (arr. Grainger) (1)
Love walked in (arr. Ward Swingle) (1)
Love walked in (7)
Lullaby (orch. Serebrier) (1)
Lullaby (version for string orchestra) (1)
Lullaby (11)
Melody in F minor (1)
Melody no.17 'Sleepless night' (6)
Melody no.59 'Sutton Place' (1)
Merry Andrew (6)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (2)
Novelette in Fourths (6)
Of Thee I Sing (7)
Oh, Kay! (10)
» Maybe
Oh, Lady Be Good! (2)
Piano Concerto in F major (41)
Poppyland (1)
Porgy and Bess (excerpts, arr. Fazil Say) (1)
Porgy and Bess (highlights) (4)
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (6)
Porgy and Bess: Scenes (arr. LA and R Stoodley for piano duo) (1)
Porgy and Bess: Suite 'Catfish Row' (13)
Porgy and Bess: Suite (arr. F Villard for Clarinet and Strings) (1)
Porgy and Bess: Suite (arr. Heifetz for violin and piano) (1)
Porgy and Bess: Suite (arr. for violin and piano) (1)
Porgy and Bess Fantasy (I Frolov, arr. for piano trio) (1)
Porgy and Bess Fantasy (arr. Armen Babakhanian) (1)
Porgy and Bess Fantasy (arr. Davide Nari) (1)
Porgy and Bess Suite (arr. Fernie) (1)
Porgy and Bess Suite (7)
Porgy and Bess improvisations (1)
Porgy and Bess (102)
» Medley
Prelude (fragment) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. B & R Ridenour) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. Emmanuel Feldman for cello & piano) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. Heifetz) (2)
Preludes (3) (arr. J Cohn) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. Nicholas Canellakis) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. Richard Wright) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. for brass septet) (1)
Preludes (3) (arr. for clarinet and piano) (4)
Preludes (3) (arr. for clarinet and strings) (1)
Preludes (3) (orch. Serebrier) (1)
Preludes (3) for piano (9)
Preludes (3) (44)
» no.1
» no.2
Preludes (6) (1)
Promenade 'Walking the Dog' (version for chamber orchestra) (1)
Promenade 'Walking the Dog' (15)
Ragtime Lullaby (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (Phantasy, arr. Yuri Povolotsky) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Ferde Grofe) (6)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Henry Levine for piano 4 hands) (2)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Raaf Hekkema) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Richard Galliano) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Simon Wright) (2)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Stefan Malzew as 'Phantasy in Blue) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Timofei Dokschitzer) (2)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. for clarinet and piano) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (arr. for harmonica) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (excerpts) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano) (9)
Rhapsody in Blue (trans. Rudolf Innig for organ) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (version for 2 pianos) (2)
Rhapsody in Blue (version for 2 pianos and orchestra) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined (arr. Edmar Colon) (1)
Rhapsody in Blue (79)
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody' (arr. J Jacobson for piano 4 hands) (1)
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody' (arr. R McBride) (1)
Rhapsody no.2 'Second Rhapsody' (11)
Rialto Ripples (arr. Walden Hughes for piano four hands) (1)
Rialto Ripples (11)
Rosalie (3)
Rubato (4)
Shall We Dance (13)
Short Story (2)
Show Girl (3)
» Liza
Sleepless night (5)
Somebody Loves Me (trans. Earl Wild) (1)
Somebody Loves Me (4)
Someone to Watch over Me (arr. Herman Jeurissen) (1)
Someone to Watch over Me (arr. Jamey Ray) (1)
Someone to Watch over Me (arr. Maurice Whitney) (1)
Someone to Watch over Me (4)
Song Suite (1)
Song arrangements (1)
Soon (3)
Spanish Prelude (1)
Strike up the Band (arr. Ira Hearshen) (1)
Strike up the Band (12)
» Soon
Swanee (2)
Sweet and Lowdown (1)
That Certain Feeling (1)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1)
The French Doll (4)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1)
The Show is on (1)
The man I love (arr. Percy Grainger) (2)
The man I love (arr. for 4 pianos) (1)
The man I love (15)
They all laughed (3)
Three-Quarter Blues 'Irish Waltz' (8)
Three times a day (1)
Tip-Toes (8)
Waltzes (2) in C major (3)
Who Cares? (4)

George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), as well as the opera Porgy and Bess (1935).

Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark and Henry Cowell. He began his career as a song plugger, but soon started composing Broadway theatre works with his brother Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva. He moved to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, where he began to compose An American in Paris. After returning to New York City, he wrote Porgy and Bess with Ira and the author DuBose Heyward. Initially a commercial failure, Porgy and Bess is now considered one of the most important American operas of the twentieth century. Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores until his death in 1937 from a brain tumor.

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