Duke Ellington for Strings
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Product ID: AP4 EL9812
By Duke Ellington
Publisher:
Alfred Publishing
Arranger:
Conductor's ScoreViolin 1Violin 2ViolaVioloncelloBass (ad.Lib)
Genre:
Jazz
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Level: 4
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About this item
This quality folio contains 16 of the best from America's premier jazz band composer, arranged for string quartet up to string orchestra. Great for recitals, concerts, receptions, parties, and encores.
Songlist (16)
- Caravan
- Creole Love Call
- Day Dream
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
- I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- I'm Just a Lucky So and So
- In a Sentimental Mood
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
- Mood Indigo
- Satin Doll
- Solitude
- Sophisticated Lady
- Prelude to a Kiss
- Take the "A" Train.
Instrumentation
Conductor's Score
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Violoncello
Bass (ad.Lib)
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Composer
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the words of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington."
A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
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