Title:
Something to live for : the music of Billy Strayhorn
Author:
Leur, Walter van de.
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Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]
©2002
Physical Description:
xxiii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arranging : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Strayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : credited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhord : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwest : the final years.
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ISBN:
9780195124484
Format :
Book