Liza

George Gershwin

George Gershwin (arr. William Teague)

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Subtitle: All the Clouds'll Roll Away

General Info

Year: 1929 / 1944
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Harms, Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn. It was introduced in 1929 by Ruby Keeler (as Dixie Dugan) in Florenz Ziegfeld's musical Show Girl. The stage performances were accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

On the show's opening night in Boston on June 25, 1929, Keeler's husband and popular singer Al Jolson suddenly stood up from his seat in the third row and sang a chorus of the song, much to the surprise of the audience and Gershwin himself. Jolson recorded the song a few days later on July 6, 1929, and his rendition rose to number nine on the charts of the day.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Virginia (Alexandria) Grand Military Band (Loras John Schissel, conductor) - 17 September 2022

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
• Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
• Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)

All Wind Works

• An American in Paris (tr. Krance) (1929/1959)
• An American in Paris (arr. Brubaker) (1929/1994)
• An American in Paris (arr. Hoshina) (1929/1980)
• An American in Paris (arr. Nowlin) (1929/2016)
• An American in Paris (arr. Satone) (1929)
• An American in Paris (arr. Tamanini) (1929/2015)
• An American in Paris (orch. Van Gils) (1929/1994)
• Catfish Row (arr. Hunsberger) (1934/2000)
• Concerto for Piano in F (tr. Grofé) (1925/1928)
• Concerto in F (arr. Bulla) (1925)
• Concerto in F (arr. Jorge) (1925/2017)
• Cuban Overture (arr. Koekelkoren) (1925/1987)
• Cuban Overture (arr. Milburn) (1925/)
• Cuban Overture (arr. Rogers) (1933/2001)
• Embraceable You (arr. Barker) (1930 / 1999)
• Fascinatin' Gershwin (arr. Murtha)
• Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Bulla) (1924)
• Fascinating Rhythm (arr. Del Borgo) (1924/1994)
• A Foggy Day in London Town (arr. Ninmer) (1937/)
• George by Fred (arr. Frenkel)
• George Gershwin (arr. Chase) (1971)
• George Gershwin Selection (tr. Bennett) (1947)
• Gershwin! (arr. Barker) (1997)
• Gershwin: A Medley (arr. Bennett) (1972)
• Gershwin by George! (arr. Brubaker) (2015)
• A Gershwin Fantasy (arr. Martino) (1991)
• Gershwin on Broadway (arr. Moss) (1991)
• A Gershwin Portrait! (arr. Higgins) (1985)
• A Gershwin Tribute to Love (arr. Heisinger) (2014)
• The Great Gershwin (arr. van der Beek) (2018)
• How Long Has This Been Going On? (arr. Barker) (1927/2000)
• I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (arr. Wagner) (1935/2008)
• I Got Rhythm (arr. Davis) (1930)
• I Got Rhythm (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
• I Got Rhythm (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Story) (1930/2020)
• Japanese (arr. Wagner; scored Sandler) (c. 1918/2006)
• Liza (arr. Teague) (1929/1944)
• The Man I Love (arr. Bergman) (1924)
• March from "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Hearshen) (1927/1987)
• Overture to "Strike Up the Band" (arr. Matsushiro) (1927)
• Porgy and Bess: Selections (arr. Bennett) (1934/1942)
• Porgy and Bess (arr. Barnes) (1934/2002)
• Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Hermann) (1934/)
• Porgy and Bess Medley (arr. Lowden) (1934/1984)
• Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Grofe) (1924/1938)
• Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Hunsberger) (1924/1998)
• Rhapsody in Blue (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Murtha) (1924/2020)
• Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Verrier) (1924)
• Rhapsody in Blue (tr. Tamanini) 1924/2010)
• Rialto Ripples (arr. Di Scala) (1917/2013)
• 'S Wonderful (arr. Barker) (1919/1996)
• Second Prelude (arr. Krance) (1927/1964)
• Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Barker) (1926/1995)
• Someone to Watch Over Me (arr. Rumbelow) (1926/2006)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Barker) (1927/1981/1997)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Brubaker) (1927/1994)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Nestico) (1927)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Paynter) (1927)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Pegram) (1927/1979)
• Strike Up the Band (arr. Schoenfeld) (1927/1956)
• Summertime (arr. Custer) (1934/1995)
• Summertime (arr. Garcia; ed. Shaw) (1934)
• Summertime (arr. Lang) (1934/1959)
• Summertime (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Wada) (1934/2018)
• Summertime from "Porgy and Bess" (arr. Longfield) (1934/2015)
• Swanee (arr. Holcombe) (1919)
• The Symphonic Gershwin (arr. Barker) (2011)
• They Can't Take That Away from Me (arr. Barker) (1937/2001)
• Three Preludes (arr. Norris) (1927/)
• Three Preludes (tr. Williams) (1927/2015)
• A Tribute to Gershwin (arr. Bullock) (20098)
• Walking the Dog (arr. Bourgeois) (1937/2007)

Resources

• Liza (All the Cloud'll Roll Away). Wikipedia. Accessed 17 September 2022
• Gershwin, G.; Teague, W. (1944). Liza [score]. Harms, Inc.: [s.l.]