Piano Solo - Intermediate - Digital Download By Johnny Cash. Arranged by Mario Stallbaumer. 2 pages. Published by Mario Stallbaumer

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1452471

By George Gershwin. By John W. Collette. Arranged by Timothy Stapay/George Gershwin. Broadway,Film/TV,Jazz,Musical/Show,Singer/Songwriter,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Timothy Stapay #1031803. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.1452471).

Here is George Gershwin's version of I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, which I arranged based on a Gershwin piano roll from the early 20th century.  It was held in a private collection for decades.   Here for the first time is my sheet music arrangement for this classic from long ago.  Before he was famous, George was what was known as a song plugger.  He would play newly composed songs to help generate record sales.  In the early 20th century, many homes had player pianos.  George's performance was preserved on such a roll and is only now available to the general public.

Composed in 1918 by John W. Collette.  The phrase “blowing bubbles” symbolizes the act of chasing dreams, hopes, and aspirations. Just like soap bubbles that float away and disappear, dreams can be elusive, fleeting, and transient.  Famously covered by Doris Day.

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
I'm dreaming dreams
I'm scheming schemes
I'm building castles high
They're born anew
Their days are few
Just like a sweet butterfly
And as the daylight is dawning
They come again in the morning

[Chorus]
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high
Nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams.

Interactive Download

SKU: HX.346271

Composed by John Williams. This edition: Interactive Download. Disney,Film/TV. Piano Solo. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.346271).

Piano - Digital Download

SKU: LV.446

Composed by F. Southgate. Children playing, Gardens, Girls, Children blowing bubbles. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.446).

Bubble Polka. By F. Southgate. Published 1860 by Henry McCaffrey, No. 207 Baltimore St. in Baltimore. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Children playing, Gardens, Girls, Children blowing bubbles.

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1150485

Composed by Henry Purcell. Arranged by Piacere Music Sheets. Baroque,Chamber,Instructional,Standards. Score. 2 pages. Piacere Music Sheets #750661. Published by Piacere Music Sheets (A0.1150485).

Opus/Catalog Number: Z.653
Key/Tone: C Major
Year/Date of Composition: 1895 or earlier
Difficulty: Grade 2/12 (Easy)
Obs.: This piece is part of The Second Part of Music's Hand-maid, a very important album of English Baroque music.
The album contains music by two of England's greatest composers of Baroque music: John Blow and Henry Purcell, as well as works by other English composers.
This score contains suggestions for performing the ornaments (shake, beat and shake turn'd) in accordance with the performance practice of Henry Purcell himself, as found in Purcell's A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord of Spinnet.