Ellington Century

AvDavid Schiff

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-02-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520245877

Utforska kategorier

Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Populärmusik inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

"'The Ellington Century' redefines the Duke's place in American music... It's a must-read for music students and enthusiasts." -- David Stabler The Oregonian "Schiff makes you yearn to be a part of the ongoing flow of all music, not just jazz, or classical, or pop, or anything else. And that is one of the highest compliments I can pay the book." -- John Scott G Music Industry Newswire "The most stimulating contribution to the Ellington literature I have encountered since Eddie Lambert's Listener's Guide." -- Roger Boyes Dems Bulletin "This book will be a must read for Ellingtonians and any musician interested in jazz-classical theory." -- Lewis J Whittington All About Jazz "An important milestone in Ellington scholarship, a one-of-a-kind substantive, in-depth study that opens possibilities for better understanding and appreciation of Duke Ellington the composer." -- Theodore (Ted) Hudson Ellingtonia "Schiff's ode to Ellington is a joy." Publishers Weekly "An invaluable contribution to music history ... [it] opens the door to a new understanding of modernism, one that resists traditional narratives of stratification and embraces history in all its messy complexity." -- Caroline Waight Make Magazine "Schiff is ostensibly addressing classical listeners, but jazz folks will find the book equally fascinating, looking over the fence from the other side, at the harmonic refinements that would enrich jazz... The Ellington Century's expansiveness and shifting frames of reference are typically Ellingtonian. This lively kaleidoscopic narrative evokes Ellington's inclusive spirit." -- Kevin Whitehead Downbeat

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Overture: Such Sweet Thunder 1. "Blue Light": Color 2. "Cotton Tail": Rhythm 3. "Prelude to a Kiss": Melody 4. "Satin Doll": Harmony Part II: Entr'acte: "Sepia Panorama" 5. "Warm Valley": Love 6. Black, Brown and Beige: History 7. "Heaven": God Notes Bibliography Index