List of Compositions By George Gershwin - Solo Works For Piano

Solo Works For Piano

  • Tango, (1915) for solo piano. Written when he was 15.
  • Rialto Ripples, (1917) a short ragtime piece for piano.
  • Limehouse Nights (unknown date, early) a short ragtime piece for piano.
  • Three-Quarter Blues, (1923) also known as the Irish Waltz.
  • Prelude (unnumbered), (1923) - Rubato - Gershwin originally intended this prelude to be included with the Three Preludes. Unpublished.
  • Novelette in Fourths, (1924) another piece originally intended to be included with the Three Preludes. Some of the music was rearranged and used as part of Short Story, a piece written for piano and solo violin.
  • Romantic, (1925) Short piano fragment. Also known as Melody #55. Unpublished.
  • Melody No. 17 (1925–1926) Another piece originally intended to be included with the Piano Preludes.
  • Three Preludes, (1926) first performed by Gershwin at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City.
    • I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
    • II. Andante con moto e poco rubato
    • III. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
  • Swiss Miss, (1926) arrangement of a song from Lady Be Good
  • Machinery Gone Mad, (1927) unpublished
  • Blue Monday, (1927) a piano suite based on Gershwin's one-act opera of the same name
  • Merry Andrew, (1928) arrangement of a dance piece from Rosalie
  • Three-Note Waltz, (1931) Also known as Melody #36. Unpublished.
  • Piano Transcriptions of Eight Songs (1932)
  • For Lily Pons, (1934) unpublished piece originally intended as accompaniment to an unwritten operatic solo.
  • George Gershwin’s Song-Book (1934), complex arrangements of eighteen Gershwin songs
  • French Ballet Class (for two pianos) (1937), for two pianos, unpublished music from the film score for Shall We Dance
  • Impromptu in Two Keys, published posthumously in (1973), for piano
  • Two Waltzes in C, published posthumously in (1975), for piano
    • Originally a two-piano interlude in Pardon My English on Broadway.
  • Sleepless Night, unpublished
  • Sutton Place, unpublished (Melody #59)

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