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Something to live for: the music of Billy Strayhorn

Walter van de Leur 2002 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780195124484 (hardcover)
  • 9780198028857 (ebook)
Subject
  • Music & Musicology
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Introduction (page xv)
  • 1. Fantastic Rhythm: The Pittsburgh Years (page 3)
  • 2. The Renaissance of Arranging: First Works for and with Duke Ellington (page 23)
  • 3. The Strayhorn Effect: A New Way of Writing for Jazz Orchestra (page 44)
  • 4. Thinking with the Ear: Strayhorn's Musical Fingerprints (page 65)
  • 5. Writing and Arranging Companion: Credited and Uncredited Collaborations (page 85)
  • 6. "He Is He and I Am Me": The Ellington-Strayhorn Collaboration (page 100)
  • 7. Wounded Love: Away from the Ellington Organization (page 117)
  • 8. Masterpieces by Strayhorn: Writing for Albums (page 131)
  • 9. The Whodunit Game: The Mature Style of Billy Strayhorn (page 142)
  • 10. North by Southwest: The Final Years (page 165)
  • 11. Conclusion (page 179)
  • APPENDICES
    • A. Scores of Scores: Manuscripts at the Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington Collections (page 185)
    • B. Billy Strayhorn's Works on Record (page 194)
    • C. Billy Strayhorn's Works on Record (Posthumously Premiered) (page 255)
  • Notes (page 287)
  • References (page 309)
  • Credits (page 315)
  • Index (page 319)
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