The Ellington century
Breaking down walls between genres that are usually discussed separately--classical, jazz, and popular--this highly engaging 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 broad ideas such as rhythm, melody, and harmony. He shows how composers and performers across genres shared the common pursuit of representing the rapidly chan…
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- Full title :The Ellington century / David Schiff.
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Breaking down walls between genres that are usually discussed separately--classical, jazz, and popular--this highly engaging 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 broad ideas such 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 vit.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of California Press
- Place of Publication:Berkeley
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780520952324, 0520952324, 9786613369772, 6613369772
- DOI:10.1525/9780520952324
- oclc:ocn774290526
- LC Classification:ML3506
- Dewey Decimal:780.9/04
Table of Contents
pt. 1. Overture : such sweet thunder -- pt. 2. Entr'acte : "Sepia Panorama."
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