02802nam 2200577 a 450 99624798960331620240607124918.00-19-530203-61-280-65499-697866106549940-19-802885-72027/heb05617(PPN)278709729(CKB)2560000000296421(EBL)3052300(OCoLC)922952890(SSID)ssj0000089595(PQKBManifestationID)11121348(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089595(PQKBWorkID)10089695(PQKB)11333470(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073190(MiAaPQ)EBC3052300(dli)HEB05617(MiU)MIU01000000000000012809461(EXLCZ)99256000000029642120010523d2002 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtccrSomething to live for the music of Billy Strayhorn /Walter van de LeurNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20021 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512448-0 0-19-986871-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314), discography (p. [194]-254), and index.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 Strayhorn10. 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;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.781.65/092Leur Walter van de930516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247989603316Something to live for2408305UNISA