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Record Nr.

UNISA996247989603316

Autore

Leur Walter van de

Titolo

Something to live for : the music of Billy Strayhorn / / Walter van de Leur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-530203-6

1-280-65499-6

9786610654994

0-19-802885-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

781.65/092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314), discography (p. [194]-254), and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Fantastic Rhythm: The Pittsburgh Years; 2. The Renaissance of Arranging: First Works for and with Duke Ellington; 3. The Strayhorn Effect: A New Way of Writing for Jazz Orchestra; 4. Thinking with the Ear: Strayhorn's Musical Fingerprints; 5. Writing and Arranging Companion: Credited and Uncredited Collaborations; 6. ""He Is He and I Am Me"": The Ellington-Strayhorn Collaboration; 7. Wounded Love: Away from the Ellington Organization; 8. Masterpieces by Strayhorn: Writing for Albums; 9. The Whodunit Game: The Mature Style of Billy Strayhorn

10. North by Southwest: The Final Years 11. Conclusion; APPENDICES; A. Scores of Scores: Manuscripts at the Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington Collections; B. Billy Strayhorn's Works on Record; C. Billy Strayhorn's Works on Record (Posthumously Premiered); D. Billy Strayhorn's Compositions; Notes; References; Credits; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.