Beyond Category

Autorentext
Music historian, musician, award-winning author and record producer, John Edward Hasse has served as curator of American music at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the editor of Ragtime: Its History, Composers and Music, and coeditor of Discourse in Ethnomusicology.

Klappentext
Unlike other great bandleaders, Ellington personally created nearly all the music played by his orchestra. Using family papers, sheet music, and original recordings, Hasse provides a complete portrait of Ellington's great achievements. 119 photos. Tie-in with the October 1993 Duke Ellington Photographic Exhibition at the Museum of New York.

Zusammenfassung
"One of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899--1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonia"

Inhalt
* Enjoying a Capital Childhood, 18991913; Ellingtons Washington: Monumental, Ironicaland Inspirational? * Starting a Career, 191323 * Seeking Special Sounds, 192327; Essential Ellington * Composing at the Cotton Club, 192731 * The Cotton Club: The Artistocrat of Harlem * Ellingtons Musical Sources: a Treasury of Traditions * Essential Ellington * Taking the Road, 193135; Essential Ellington * Swinging to a Different Drummer, 193539; Essential Ellington * Making Masterpieces, 193943; Essential Ellington * Composing for Concerts, 194351; Essential Ellington * Playing for Time, 195156; Essential Ellington * Renewing Career and Creativity, 195665; Essential Ellington * Achieving Final Glories, 196674; Essential Ellington * Elevating Ellington, 1974 * Appendices: Ellingtons Key Musicians; Most Essential Ellington Recordings; Selected Films and Videos; Selected Reading; Ellington Songbooks and Folios

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