George Gershwin composed this ragtime version of Schumann's Traumerei when he was about 15 years old. This is a simplified version of his composition, the fake-music style sheet music can be downloaded for free at www.gershwin100.wordpress.com.

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Ragging the Traumerei

This version of Gershwin's first published song has the piano playing the vocal line, which is a relatively simple melody when contrasted with the many flourishes Gershwin played on the instrumental version he recorded. To download a free pdf of this 1916 song, head over to www.gershwin100.wordpress.com.

When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em (Vocal)

Performance by the NCMEA (North Carolina Music Educators Association) Orchestra during their 2012 reading session. To download a free pdf of the fake-book style sheet music of Gershwin's Anthem, go to www.gershwin100.wordpress.com. There you can learn more about the effort to update the lyrics to Gershwin's Anthem for a modern audience.

George Gershwin

O Land of Mine, America

George Gershwin and Will Donaldson combined forces to compose this ragtime novelty instrumental in 1916. This version is from my fake-book style sheet music of the song which is free for download at www.gershwin100.wordpress.com.

Rialto Ripples

A song written around 1929 by Fred Astaire and Van Phillips with lyrics by Desmond Carter. Find free sheet music for this song at my Gershwin100 website: https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/not-my-girl/

Not My Girl

This is George Gershwin's first song to ever make it into a Broadway show. I tracked it down from the University of Nebraska, which is one of the few libraries in the world that has the score from The Passing Show of 1916. This rendition is transcribed note for note into GarageBand. Learn more about this song and download free sheet music at www.Gershwin100.wordpress.com.

Making of a Girl (Original Arrangement)

Here is my updated rendition of Gershwin's 1916 song "Making of a Girl." Learn more about Gershwin's first song to ever make it into a Broadway show at Gershwin100.wordpress.com and download free sheet music there.

Making of a Girl (in C 4/4)

The first George Gershwin song to be published by T.B. Harms was "Some Wonderful Sort of Someone," which was featured in the 1918 Broadway show called "Ladies First." The lyrics are written from the perspective of Cupid and were written by Schuyler Greene. Learn more and download free fake-book style sheet music for this song at www.gershwin100.wordpress.com.

Some Wonderful Sort of Someone

More info on this rare Gershwin song is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/theres-more-to-the-kiss-than-the-sound/ PLUS free sheet music to play the song at home!

There's More to the Kiss Than the Sound

From 1919's Demi Tasse Revue, Gershwin's "Come to the Moon" is about convincing earthlings how much better life is on the moon. Is that why it has yet to catch on? I gave it a 4/4 swing rhythm, and sheet music for it is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/come-to-the-moon/

Come to the Moon

At age 14, Katharine Faulkner Swift (Kay Swift) put to music a poem by Rudyard Kipling called "Boots." It features a lot of dissonant harmonies to fit the mood of the poem. Learn more at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/boots/.

Boots

From 1919's Broadway show La La Lucille!, "Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo" is a song about itself, and maybe that's part of the reason it didn't make it as big as some other Gershwin songs. I have arranged it here with a swing rhythm as a bit of an experiment. Learn more about this song and download free fake-book style sheet music to it at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/tee-oodle-um-bum-bo/.

Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo

From 1919's show Dere Mable, this is a George Gershwin/Irving Caesar song about a guy and his companion through it all, his dog. Download fake-book style sheet music for "We're Pals" at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/were-pals/.

We're Pals

From the George White Scandals of 1920, this is a fairly obscure song by George Gershwin and Arthur Jackson. It is probably better known as a song that George recorded to a player piano roll which displayed his virtuosity. The fake-book style sheet music for this song is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/on-my-mind-the-whole-night-long/.

On My Mind the Whole Night Long

From 1919's Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl, music by George Gershwin and  lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and John Henry Mears. Free sheet music for this song is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/poppyland/.

Poppyland

Here's how NOT to write a lyric that will become a standard: make the song about a dance that is actually more about gossiping than dancing. But don't faultGeorge Gershwin's music. Download the free fake-book style sheet music at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/scandal-walk/ and find out for yourself how fun "Scandal Walk" is to play.

Scandal Walk

Gershwin's 1919 Lullaby for String Quartet is finally available in fake-book style sheet music. My rendition incorporates a swing rhythm in order to highlight the Gershwin melodies and to downplay the lullaby aspect. Learn more, and get free sheet music to this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/lullaby/.

Lullaby (Swing Rhythm) - George Gershwin

1927 song with music by Oscar Levant and lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young. Free fake-book style sheet music for this song is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/keep-sweeping-the-cobwebs-off-the-moon/.

Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs off the Moon

A Harpo Marx song which he wrote with lyrics from Gerda Beilenson. Learn more and download free sheet music at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/guardian-angels/

Guardian Angels

A harp (in GarageBand) version of Harpo's song. Sheet music is available at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/guardian-angels/.

Guardian Angels (Arranged for Harp)

This is a George Gershwin/Arthur Jackson song from Broadway Brevities of 1920. Song to appear on a Christmas/Winter album near you! Download free sheet music at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/snow-flakes/.

Snow Flakes

This is a 1937 song by Dana Suesse. Learn more about it soon at www.gershwin100.wordpress.com.

It Can't Happen Here

This is a 1937 song by Dana Suesse. Learn more about it soon at www.gershwin100.wordpress.com. This is an improved version of the previous upload.

It Can't Happen Here - Improved version

I decided the guy who first discovered Uranus needed a rock version of his Andante from his Symphony #14 in D-major. Maybe it won't be a number one record for him, but he'll always have Uranus. Learn more about this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/symphony-14-in-d-major-andante/.

Symphony #14 in D-major - Andante - William Herschel (Rock version)

You've heard the symphony. Now hear the astronomer William Herschel like never heard him before: arranged for jazz trio! Learn more about this song and download free fake-book style sheet music to it at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/symphony-14-in-d-major-andante/.

Symphony #14 Andante in D-major – William Herschel (swing rhythm)

From George White’s Scandals of 1921, "I Love You" is a rarity for sure. Forgettable title, forgettable lyrics, and a tune that is frankly not that memorable, though I keep giving it a chance to work on me. Download free fake-book style sheet music of this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/i-love-you/.

I Love You - Rare George Gershwin

This is a George Gershwin song with lyrics by Irving Caesar, originally composed in 1921. Download free fake-book style sheet music to it at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/that-american-boy-of-mine/.

That American Boy of Mine

This is a 1921 song composed by Ferde Grofé and Paul Whiteman with lyrics by Dorothy Terriss. Download free fake-book style sheet music to this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/wonderful-one/.

Wonderful One (in G)

This is a 1915 song with words and music by Chico Marx (aka Leonard Marx). Learn more about it and download free fake-book style sheet music at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/do-not-say-good-bye/

Michael Morris' Album

Do Not Say Good-Bye

This George and Ira Gershwin song was written initially for 1921's "A Dangerous Maid", though it first appeared on stage in "Primrose" from 1924. Download free fake-book style sheet music to "Four Little Sirens" here: https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/four-little-sirens/

Four Little Sirens

This is a very partial George Gershwin song from 1920's "Piccadilly to Broadway." The Library of Congress only has p.1 of the score, so this is probably all anyone will ever hear of this song. Learn more about this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/baby-blues/

Baby Blues - Partial song

This is the complete version of the earliest surviving George and Ira collaboration. Ira and Lou Paley worked on the lyrics in early 1918. Download free fake-book style sheet music for this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/beautiful-bird-2/

Beautiful Bird

Beautiful Bird (swing rhythm)

This is a rare 1921 song by George Gershwin with lyrics by Fred Fisher. Learn more about it, and download free fake-book style sheet music to it at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/in-the-heart-of-a-geisha/.

In the Heart of a Geisha

This 1918 George Gershwin song first appeared in "Half Past Eight," but only made it to Broadway in 1919's "La La Lucille." Learn more and download free fake-book style sheet music to this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/the-ten-commandments-of-love/.

The Ten Commandments of Love

Here's the piano-only version of a nearly-lost George Gershwin song from 1918. It has all of the orchestral parts played by piano, giving it a player-piano-roll sound. Learn more and download free fake-book style sheet music to this song at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/the-ten-commandments-of-love/.

The Ten Commandments of Love (piano in C)

This is a George Gershwin song from 1918's show "Half Past Eight." Learn more about the song and download free fake-book style sheet music to it soon at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/little-sunbeam/.

Little Sunbeam

This is as 1902 song with music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Learn more about this song and download free fake-book style sheet music to it soon at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2018/01/27/on-emancipation-day/.

On Emancipation Day

This is a 1902 song with music by Will Marion Cook and with lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Learn more about it and download free simplified sheet music to it at https://gershwin100.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/hurrah-for-captain-kidd/.

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