List of gershwin songs

List of compositions by George Gershwin This is a list of compositions by George Gershwin , a Broadway songwriter and a classical composer. His works are grouped thematically in this list, and in chronological order according to the dates of compositions in the same group. Lullaby , a meditative piece for string quartet.

Originally, a class assignment from his music theory teacher.

George gershwin - concerto in f

Featured in numerous films and commercials. Short Story , for violin and piano, an arrangement of two other short pieces originally intended to be included with the Three Preludes. An American in Paris , a symphonic tone poem with elements of jazz and realistic sound effects, premiered in Carnegie Hall by the New York Philharmonic , Walter Damrosch conducting.

Dream Sequence , a five-minute interlude for orchestra and chorus, meant to portray a mind reeling into the dream state. Also known as The Melting Pot. Different music than the Rhapsody in Rivets sequence, which later was expanded and rescored into the Second Rhapsody. Other musical sequences went unused that Gershwin created for Delicious , as Fox Film Corporation declined to use the rest of his score.