The Ellington century

by Schiff, David

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Title Statements

Full title :The Ellington century / David Schiff.

Summary

"Breaking down walls between musical genres that are usually discussed separately--classical, jazz, and popular--this book offers a compelling new, integrated view of twentieth-century music. Placing Duke Ellington (1899-1974) at the center of the story, David Schiff explores music written during the composer's lifetime in terms of such broad ideas as rhythm, melody, and harmony. He shows how composers and performers across genres shared the common pursuit of representing the rapidly changing conditions of modern life ... The Ellington Century demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky and more influential than anything by Schoenberg, and how it has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R & B."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 319 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520245877, 0520245873
oclc:ocn747331948
LC Classification:ML3506
Dewey Decimal:781.65

"Blue light": color -- "Cotton tail": rhythm -- "Prelude to a kiss": melody -- "Satin doll": harmony -- "Warm valley": love -- Black, brown, and beige: history -- "Heaven": God.

Subjects

African Americans African Americans -- Music Civilization -- African American influe… Criticism, interpretation, etc Ellington, Duke États-Unis -- Civilisation jazz Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation Jazz -- History and criticism Music Music -- History and criticism. -- 20th… Musique Noirs américains -- Musique United States United States -- Civilization