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American composer, pianist and orchestra leader Duke Ellington was the first genuine jazz composer of truly international status. In this book Ken Rattenbury offers a thorough musical analysis of Ellington's works, assessing the extent to which Ellington drew on the black music traditions of blues and ragtime and the music of Tin Pan Alley, and examining how he integrated black folk music practices with elements of European art music. Rattenbury investigate's Ellington's methods of composition, focusing on works written, performed and recorded between 1939 and 1941, years that witnessed the full flowering of Ellington's genius. He also discusses the criteria Ellington used to select his musicians.
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- Author : Ken Rattenbury
- Publisher : Yale University Press
- Genre : Biography & Autobiography
- Total Pages : 356 pages
- ISBN : 9780300055078
- Release Date : 01 January 1990
- PDF File Size : 32,7 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
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