The Ellington century [electronic resource] / David Schiff.

9780520952324 (electronic bk.)
9780520245877

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

English

1 online resource (xiv, 319 p.)

ML3506 .S287 2012eb

780.9/04

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.

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