Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
$39.90
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2018
Summary
Hop-a-tooty and slim-slam-a-booty to discover how Duke Ellington and his band created a modern-day rendition of Tchaikovsky’s classic piece. Reissued as part of the Once Upon a Masterpiece series, this biography is ripe with cool jazz lingo and upbeat musical descriptions.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 su…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570917011 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1570917019 |
| Author: | Don Tate, Anna Harwell Celenza |
| Publisher: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
| Series: | Once Upon a Masterpiece |
About The Author
Don Tate
Anna Harwell Celenza is a musicologist and the author of several books for adults and children regarding music history and the history of art. Her children’s books include THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY, PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, GERSHWIN’S RHAPSODY IN BLUE, and VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS. Anna lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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