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David Schiff

The Ellington Century

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Breaking down walls between genres that are usually discussed separately-classical, jazz, and popular-this highly engaging book offers a compelling new integrated view of twentieth-century music. Placing Duke Ellington (1899-1974) at the center of the story, David Schiff explores music written during the composer's lifetime in terms of broad ideas such as rhythm, melody, and harmony. He shows how composers and performers across genres shared the common pursuit of representing the rapidly changing conditions of modern life. The Ellington Century demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky,… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-520-95232-4
  • EAN: 9780520952324
  • Produktnummer: 21595883
  • Verlag: University of California Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 575 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


David Alan Schiff is R.P. Wollenberg Professor of Music at Reed College. He is a composer, journalist whose articles have appeared in publications including the New York Times and the Atlantic, and the author of George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and The Music of Elliot Carter.

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