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George Gershwin
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Biography
George Gershwin (26 September 1898, Brooklyn, N.Y. – 11 July 1937, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American composer and pianist.
Gershwin was the son of Russian immigrants. Fueled by a passion for music, George Gershwin began studying the piano at the age of 12. Not being academically inclined, he convinced his parents to let him quit school at 15, and he became a pianist in Tin Pan Alley, demonstrating songs for the Remick Publishing Company. He began to compose popular songs while still a teenager and produced a succession of musicals, including Strike Up the Band (1927), with his brother Ira as lyricist. Gershwin was a sensitive songwriter of great melodic gifts and blended jazz, folk, and classical styles into a uniquely American musical form.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
All Wind Works
- An American in Paris (tr. Krance) (1929/1959)
- An American in Paris (arr. Brubaker) (1929/1994)
- An American in Paris (arr. Hoshina) (1929/1980)
- An American in Paris (arr. Nowlin) (1929/2016)
- An American in Paris (arr. Satone) (1929)
- An American in Paris (arr. Tamanini) (1929/2015)
- An American in Paris (orch. Van Gils) (1929/1994)
- But Not for Me (arr. Barker) (1930/1995/2006)
- Catfish Row (arr. Hunsberger) (1934/2000)
- Concerto for Piano in F (tr. Grofé) (1925/1928)
- Concerto in F (arr. Bulla) (1925)
- Concerto in F (arr. Jorge) (1925/2017)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Koekelkoren) (1925/1987)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Milburn) (1925/)
- Cuban Overture (arr. Rogers) (1933/2001)
- Embraceable You (arr. Barker) (1930 / 1999)
- Fascinatin' Gershwin (arr. Murtha)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Bulla) (1924)
- Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Del Borgo) (1924/1994)
- A Foggy Day in London Town (arr. Ninmer) (1937/)
- George by Fred (arr. Frenkel)
- George Gershwin (arr. Chase) (1971)
- George Gershwin Selection (tr. Bennett) (1947)
- Gershwin! (arr. Barker) (1997)
- Gershwin: A Medley (arr. Bennett) (1972)
- Gershwin by George! (arr. Brubaker) (2015)
- A Gershwin Fantasy (arr. Martino) (1991)
- Gershwin on Broadway (arr. Moss) (1991)
- A Gershwin Portrait! (arr. Higgins) (1985)
- A Gershwin Tribute to Love (arr. Heisinger) (2014)
- The Great Gershwin (arr. van der Beek) (2018)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (arr. Barker) (1927/2000)
- I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (arr. Wagner) (1935/2008)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Davis) (1930)
- I Got Rhythm (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
- Japanese (arr. Wagner; scored Sandler) (c. 1918/2006)
- Liza (arr. Teague) (1929/1944)
- The Man I Love (arr. Bergman) (1924)
- March from "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Hearshen) (1927/1987)
- Overture to "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Matsushiro) (1927)
- Porgy and Bess: Selections (arr. Bennett) (1934/1942)
- Porgy and Bess (arr. Barnes) (1934/2002)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Hermann) (1934/)
- Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Lowden) (1934/1984)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Grofe) (1924/1938)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Hunsberger) (1924/1998)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
- Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Verrier) (1924)
- Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Tamanini) 1924/2010)
- Rialto Ripples (arr. Di Scala) (1917/2013)
- 'S Wonderful (arr. Barker) (1919/1996)
- Second Prelude (arr. Krance) (1927/1964)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Barker) (1926/1995)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Rumbelow) (1926/2006)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Barker) (1927/1981/1997)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Brubaker) (1927/1994)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Nestico) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Paynter) (1927)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Pegram) (1927/1979)
- Strike Up the Band (arr. Schoenfeld) (1927/1956)
- Summertime (arr. Custer) (1934/1995)
- Summertime (arr. Garcia; ed. Shaw) (1934)
- Summertime (arr. Lang) (1934/1959)
- Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
- Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (arr. Longfield) (1934/2015)
- Swanee (arr. Holcombe) (1919)
- The Symphonic Gershwin (arr. Barker) (2011)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me (arr. Barker) (1937/2001)
- Three Preludes (arr. Norris) (1927/)
- Three Preludes (tr. Williams) (1927/2015)
- A Tribute to Gershwin (arr. Bullock) (20098)
- Walking the Dog (arr. Bourgeois) (1937/2007)
Resources
- San Jose Wind Symphony program notes
- Williams, Nicholas Enrico. "Cuban Overture." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 9, edit. & comp. by Richard Miles, 674-679. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2013.