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Voice, piano - Advanced; Early Advanced; Intermediate; Late Intermediate SKU: AP.12-0571526020 Original B minor version. Composed by George Gershwin. Series; Sheet; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles; Tony. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Broadway; Masterwork Arrangement; Standard. Score. Faber Music #12-0571526020. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571526020). ISBN 9780571526024. English.Gershwin began composing Summertime in December 1933, attempting to create his own spiritual in the style of the African American folk music of the period. It is sung multiple times throughout his opera, Porgy and Bess. Gershwin's Summertime, like The Beatles' Yesterday, is one of the most often covered songs in popular music, with almost 3,000 different versions recorded. This is the original B minor version.