The Easy Piano Collection: GERSHWIN GOLD + CD
Publisher | Chester Music |
Genre: |
jazz, blues, ragtime & swing
musicals, movies & tv |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | solo |
Difficulty: | Intermediate |
Format: | book + CD |
Series: | The Easy Piano Collection |
Parameters
Product code: | CH78793 |
Composer: | Gershwin, George |
No. of songs: | 23 |
Pages: | 64 |
Size: | 23 x 30 cm |
EAN: | 9781780382968 |
ISBN: | 978-1-78038-296-8 |
Weight: | 268 g |
Audio examples
Songlist (23)
- An American In Paris
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- But Not For Me
- Embraceable You
- Fascinating Rhythm
- A Foggy Day
- I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- I Got Rhythm
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Love Walked In
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- The Man I Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Oh, Lady, Be Good
- Piano Concerto In F
- Rhapsody In Blue (Opening Themes)
- Rhapsody In Blue (Slow Theme)
- 'S Wonderful
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Summertime
- Strike Up The Band
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
Product description
This fine collection contains the most famous masterpieces by George Gershwin, containing both sheet music and full audio on CD.
George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was an American composer and pianist, whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".