Search Results - "Duke Ellington"

Dvořák to Duke Ellington a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".…”
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Dvořák to Duke Ellington a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Composers voices from Ives to Ellington an oral history of American music / by Perlis, Vivian

Table of Contents: “…Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Roy Harris -- Exploring the world of Duke Ellington.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Composers voices from Ives to Ellington an oral history of American music / by Perlis, Vivian

Table of Contents: “…Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Roy Harris -- Exploring the world of Duke Ellington.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view