| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arranging : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Strayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : credited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhord : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwest : the final years |
| Summary |
Walter van de Leur traces the origins of Billy Strayhorn's music, with its roots in European and American idioms, and uncovers hitherto unknown works that cast a new light on his development as a composer and orchestrator |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314), discography (pages 194-254) , and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Strayhorn, Billy -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. |
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Strayhorn, Billy. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Jazz.
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| Genre/Form |
Musical criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198028857 |
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0198028857 |
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0195124480 |
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9780195124484 |
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9780199868711 |
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0199868719 |
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