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

• Autore: Leur Walter van de
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.65/092
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Something to live for
• ISBN: 0-19-530203-6; 1-280-65499-6; 9786610654994; 0-19-802885-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247989603316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno