George Gershwin (1898-1937)

Overview

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, George Gershwin was an American pianist and composer of many popular songs; extended his range especially in applying jazz idioms to concert works such as Rhapsody in Blue (1924), Cuban Overture, An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess. He studied with R. Goldmark but was mainly self-taught. Died after an unsuccessful brain operation.

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Rialto Ripples Rag
Music by: George Gershwin.

Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited Availability.

Rialto Ripples Rag Arranged by Bill Holcombe For French Horn and Pian
Music by: George Gershwin.

Publisher:	Musicians Publications
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Printed: 2001.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Performers


MP3 File(s)
Swanee	Edison Blue Amberol: 3988	A. Bernard Frank M. Kamplain
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Boy Wanted (1921)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Could You Use Me? (1930)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Dancing Shoes (1921)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
How Long Has This Been Going On? (1928)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
I Found a Four Leaf Clover (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
I Got Rhythm (1930)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Just to Know You Are Mine (1921)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Lets Be Lonesome Together (1923)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Limehouse Nights (1920)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Mischa Jascha Toscha Sascha (1923)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Sam and Delilah (1930)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Shall We Dance? - Selection (1937)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Simple Life (1921), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
⇑Some Rain Must Fall (1921)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Someone (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Sunshine Trail (1923), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Swanee Rose (1921)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Tra-La-La (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Where Is the Man of My Dreams (1922)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Yan-Kee (1920)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Yankee Doodle Blues (1922), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
You've Got What Gets Me (1932)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	The Complete Gershwin Keyboard Works	George Gershwin
	George Gershwin	Mike Venezia
	George Gershwin	Rodney Greenberg
	George Gershwin : A New Biography	William G. Hyland

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Recorder Music CDs:
American Recorder Orchestra of the West	Fancy Free
Brass Music CDs:
Boston Brass Ensemble	Ya Gotta Try	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sellers Engineering Band	Band Played on
Eastern Brass Quintet	Ragtime
Avatar Brass Quintet	Magnetic Rags: Ragtime for Brass
Harmonic Brass Munich	Harmonic Brass 2000
Harmonic Brass Munich	Harmonic Brass Live
Harmonic Brass Munich	There's a man
Jazz Music CDs:
Kenny Ball	The Very Best of Kenny Ball
Stumptown Jazz	On Track
⇑Sidney Bechet	The Creole Prodigy
Thomas Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Golden Greats
Thomas Waller	A Handful of Keys	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Part 2 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years
Thomas Waller	The Very Best of Fats Waller	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Various Artists	American Light Music Classics	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	American Piano Classics	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	An American Picnic	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	American Sketches
Various Artists	The Entertainer: The Ragtime Music of Scott Joplin & George Gershwin	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Various Artists	Great American Piano II: Vol. 8
Various Artists	The Hits of '22: Do It Again!
Various Artists	Piano Music In America 1900-1945
Various Artists	Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Ring, Ring de Banjo: Banjo Showpieces
John Arpin	Kings of Ragtime
Noel Lester	Syncopated Sensations
Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra	1995 U.S Tour in New Orleans
Knucklehead Jug Band	Incognito
James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1945-47	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑James Price Johnson	The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts	Cole After Midnight	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts	Collected Marcus Roberts
Marcus Roberts	Gershwin for Lovers	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts	If I Could Be With You
Mimi Blais	Old Rags New Rags
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	More Candy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
William Bolcom	Let's Do It: Bolcom & Morris at Aspen
Muriel Pollock	Kickin' the Clouds Away
Stephane Grappelli	Stephane's Tune-Original Recordings
Lincoln Mayorga	On Tour	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Paul Whiteman	Paul Whiteman	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ton Van Bergeyk	Black & Tan Fantasy
Richard Dowling	Rhapsody in Ragtime	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Richard Dowling	World's Greatest Piano Rags	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Mark Birnbaum	Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum
Sue Keller	Nola
Shelley Stevens	Songs of Life, Love and Laughter
Paul Bisaccia	Ragtime Lullabies
Butch Thompson	Butch & Doc
Butch Thompson	The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites
Bill Edwards	The Rag's the Thing
⇑Bill Edwards	A Ragtime Sampler

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


3 Preludes (1927)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
American in Paris (1930), An	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Bess You Is My Woman (1935)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Edward Heyman (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
Cuban Overture (1932)	G. Gershwin (music)	Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Do It Again!	G. Gershwin (music) B. G. De Sylva (words) Irène Bordoni (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Do It Again! (1922)	G. Gershwin (music) B. G. De Sylva (words) Irène Bordoni (perf.)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Funny Face (1927)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (1935)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Du Bose Heyward (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
I Got Rhythm (1930)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Idle Dreams	G. Gershwin (music) Arthur Jackson (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk
Idle Dreams (1920)	G. Gershwin (music) Arthur Jackson (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Impromptu in Two Keys (1973)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
⇑It Ain't Necessarily So (1935)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Looking For a Boy (1925)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Love Walked In (1938)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Lullaby For Strings (1948)	G. Gershwin (music)	Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Man I Love (1924), The	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Nobody But You	G. Gershwin (music) Arthur Jackson (words) B. G De Sylva (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Nobody But You (1919)	G. Gershwin (music) Arthur Jackson (words) B. G De Sylva (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Of Thee I Sing (1931)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Oh, Lady Be Good! (1924)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Piano Concerto (1925)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP
Promenade (1958)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Rialto Ripples (1917)	G. Gershwin (music) W. Donaldson (coauth.)	Piano	IMSLP
⇑Scandal Walk	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
Scandal Walk (1920)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano	IMSLP	Pub.
Second Rhapsody (1932)	G. Gershwin (music)	Piano, Orchestra	IMSLP	Pub.
Someone to Watch Over Me (1926)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Song of the Flame	G. Gershwin (music) H. Stothart (coauth.) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Summertime (1935)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words) DuBose Heyward (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Swanee	G. Gershwin (music) I. Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
Swanee	G. Gershwin (music) I. Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Swanee (1919)	G. Gershwin (music) I. Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo	G. Gershwin (music) B.G. De Sylva (words) A.J. Jackson (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.
Tell Me More (1925)	G. Gershwin (music) Ira Gershwin (words) B. G. De Sylva (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Yankee Doodle Blues (1922), The	G. Gershwin (music) B.G. DeSylva (words) Irving Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	IMSLP	Pub.
Yankee Doodle Blues, The	G. Gershwin (music) B.G. DeSylva (words) Irving Caesar (words)	Piano, Voice	Greer	Pub.

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music

Embraceable You (A/A/T/B)

Publisher: Arcadian Press (1AP00175)

SMP

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 147 works by George Gershwin (1898-1937). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

1917-1922

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Rialto Ripples	1917	Will Donaldson (co-author)
Come to the Moon	1919	Ned Wayburn (words) Lou Paley (words)
I Was So Young	1919	Alfred Bryan (words) Irving Caesar (words) Charles King (perf.) Mollie King (perf.)	Pub.
Nobody But You	1919	Arthur Jackson (words) B. G De Sylva (words)	Pub.
Swanee	1919	I. Caesar (words) A. Bernard (perf.) Frank M. Kamplain (perf.) L. Cliff (perf.) A. Jolson (perf.)	Pub.
Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo	1919	B.G. De Sylva (words) Arthur J. Jackson (words)	Pub.
Idle Dreams	1920	Arthur Jackson (words)	Pub.
Limehouse Nights	1920
Poppyland	1920	John Henry Mears (words) B. G De Sylva (words)	Pub.
Scandal Walk	1920		Pub.
Tum on and Tiss Me	1920	Arthur Jackson (words)	Pub.
⇑ Waiting For the Sun to Come Out	1920	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Yan-Kee	1920
Boy Wanted	1921
Dancing Shoes	1921
Drifting Along With the Tide	1921	Arthur Jackson (words)
Just to Know You Are Mine	1921
Simple Life, The	1921
Some Rain Must Fall	1921
South Sea Isles	1921	Arthur Jackson (words)	Pub.
Swanee Rose	1921	B. G DeSylva (words) Irving Caesar (words)	Pub.
Do It Again!	1922	B. G. De Sylva (words) Irène Bordoni (perf.)	Pub.
I Found a Four Leaf Clover	1922		Pub.
⇑ I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise	1922	B. G. De Sylva (words) Arthur Francis (words)	Pub.
Someone	1922

1922-1925

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tra-La-La	1922	Arthur Jackson (words)
Where Is the Man of My Dreams	1922
Yankee Doodle Blues, The	1922	B.G. DeSylva (words) Irving Caesar (words) A. Jolson (perf.)
I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't	1923	B. G De Sylva (words) Arthur Francis (words)	Pub.
Lets Be Lonesome Together	1923
Life of a Rose, The	1923	B. G De Sylva (words)	Pub.
Mischa Jascha Toscha Sascha	1923
Sunshine Trail, The	1923
Cossack Love Song	1924	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Pub.
Fascinating Rhythm	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Hang on to Me	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
⇑ Little Jazz Bird	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Man I Love, The	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)
Night Time in Araby	1924	B. G De Sylva (words)	Pub.
Oh, Lady Be Good!	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Rhapsody in Blue	1924		Pub.
Somebody Loves Me	1924	B.G. De Sylva (words) Ballard MacDonald (words)	Pub.
Someone Believes in You	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)
Virginia	1924	Ira Gershwin (words)
Looking For a Boy	1925	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Piano Concerto	1925
So Am I	1925	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Song of the Flame	1925	Herbert Stothart (co-author) Otto Harbach (words) Oscar Hammerstein II (words)	Pub.
⇑ Sweet and Low Down	1925	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Tell Me More	1925	Ira Gershwin (words) B. G. De Sylva (words)

1925-1928

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


When Do We Dance?	1925	Ira Gershwin (words)
You Are You	1925
Clap Yo' Hands	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Do-Do-Do	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Fidgety Feet	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Lady Luck	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)
Maybe	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)
Oh, Kay!	1926	Ira Gershwin (words) Howard Dietz (words)	Pub.
Someone to Watch Over Me	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
That Certain Feeling	1926	Ira Gershwin (words)
3 Preludes	1927
⇑ Babbitt and the Bromide, The	1927		Pub.
Funny Face	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)
He Loves and She Loves	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Heaven on Earth	1927	Ira Gershwin (words) Howard Dietz (words)	Pub.
Let's Kiss and Make Up	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
My One and Only	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
S Wonderful	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
S'wonderful	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
World Is Mine, The	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Yankee Doodle Rhythm	1927	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Feeling I'm Falling	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Got a Rainbow	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
⇑ How Long Has This Been Going On?	1928	Ira Gershwin (words) P.G. Wodehouse (words)
I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.

1928-1932

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Oh Gee, Oh Joy	1928	Ira Gershwin (words) P.G. Wodehouse (words)
Oh, So Nice	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Say So	1928	Ira Gershwin (words) P.G. Wodehouse (words)
What Are We Here For?	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Where's the Boy? Here's the Girl!	1928	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Do What You Do!	1929	Ira Gershwin (words) Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
Liza	1929	Ira Gershwin (words) Gus Kahn (words)	Pub.
American in Paris, An	1930		Pub.
Bidin' My Time	1930	Ira Gershwin (words) Mickey Rooney (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.)
Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!	1930		Pub.
But Not For Me	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
⇑ Could You Use Me?	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Embraceable You	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Girl Crazy	1930		Pub.
I Got Rhythm	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
I've Got a Crush on You	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
In the Mandarin's Orchid Garden	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Sam and Delilah	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Soon	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Strike Up the Band	1930	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Because, Because	1931	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Delishious	1931	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Katinkitschka	1931	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
⇑ Of Thee I Sing	1931	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Cuban Overture	1932		Pub.

1932-1937

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Isn't It a Pity?	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)
Lorelei	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Love Is Sweeping the Country	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
My Cousin in Milwaukee	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Second Rhapsody	1932		Pub.
Who Cares?	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Wintergreen For President	1932	Ira Gershwin (words)
You've Got What Gets Me	1932
Let 'em Eat Cake	1933	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Mine	1933	Ira Gershwin (words)
Bess You Is My Woman	1935	Ira Gershwin (words) Edward Heyman (words)
⇑ I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	1935	Ira Gershwin (words) Du Bose Heyward (words)	Pub.
I Loves You Porgy	1935	Ira Gershwin (words) DuBose Heyward (words)
It Ain't Necessarily So	1935	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
My Man's Gone Now	1935	DuBose Heyward (words)	Pub.
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess	1935	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Summertime	1935	Ira Gershwin (words) DuBose Heyward (words) Abbie Mitchell Cook (perf.) Harolyn Blackwell (perf.)	Pub.
By Strauss	1936	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
King of Swing	1936	Al Stillman (words)	Pub.
Foggy Day, A	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
I Can't Be Bothered Now	1937		Pub.
I've Got Beginner's Luck	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Jolly Tar and the Milk Maid, The	1937	Ira Gershwin (words) Fred Astaire (perf.) George Burns (perf.) Gracie Allen (perf.) Joan Fontaine (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Nice Work if You Can Get It	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.

1937-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Shall We Dance? - Selection	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)
Slap That Bass	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)
Stiff Upper Lip	1937	Ira Gershwin (words) Fred Astaire (perf.) George Burns (perf.) Gracie Allen (perf.) Joan Fontaine (perf.)
They All Laughed	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
They Can't Take That Away From Me	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Things Are Looking Up	1937	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Dawn of a New Day	1938	Ira Gershwin (words)
I Was Doing All Right	1938	Ira Gershwin (words) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) Ritz Bros (perf.)	Pub.
Love Is Here to Stay	1938	Ira Gershwin (words) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) The Ritz Bros (perf.)	Pub.
Love Walked In	1938	Ira Gershwin (words) Adolphe Menjou (perf.) The Ritz Bros (perf.)	Pub.
Pussy	1938
⇑ Spring Again	1938
Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?	1946	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Back Bay Polka, The	1946	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Changing My Tune	1946	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
For You, For Me, For Evermore	1946	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
One, Two, Three	1946	Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
Lullaby For Strings	1948
Promenade	1958		Pub.
Impromptu in Two Keys	1973
Concerto in F	1988
Promenade - Walk the Dog	?

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


Harmonic Brass in Eningen: West Side Story - 2015	11:06	Harmonic Brass Munich
Rialto Ripples	2:34	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Rialto Ripples	3:10	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Scandal Walk	1:50	Ragtime Dorian Henry
Summertime - Abbie Mitchell	2:10	Abbie Mitchell Cook
Summertime - Harolyn Blackwell	2:54	Harolyn Blackwell