The Ellington Century

David Schiff

Published by University of California Press 2012

The Ellington Century

David Schiff

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520952324

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About this book

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, more influential than anything by Schoenberg, and has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R&B.

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Schiff David :

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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Part One. Overture: Such Sweet Thunder
Chapter 1. “Blue Light”: Color Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2. “Cotton Tail”: Rhythm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 3. “Prelude to a Kiss”: Melody Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 4. “Satin Doll”: Harmony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Part Two. Entr’acte: “Sepia Panorama”
Chapter 5. “Warm Valley”: Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Chapter 6. Black, Brown and Beige: History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Chapter 7. “Heaven”: God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 336

eBook

Published: February 21, 2012
ISBN: 9780520952324