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Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite

Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite

Celenza, Anna Harwell
Tate, Don

Hardcover

Series: Once Upon a Masterpiece, Book 5

BiographyPerforming Arts

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ISBN10: 1570917019
ISBN13: 9781570917011
Publisher: Charlesbridge Pub
Published: Sep 25 2018
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.60 Depth: 11.10
Language: English
It's a challenge to transform the Nutcracker Suite's romantic orchestra into jumpin' jazz melodies, but that's exactly what Duke Ellington and his collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, did.

Ellington's band memebers were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a cool-cat jazz number. But Duke and Billy, inspired by their travels and by musical styles past and present, infused the composition with Vegas glitz, Hollywood glamour, and even a little New York jazz.

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