eBook Music Is My Mistress download
by Duke Ellington

Author: Duke Ellington
Publisher: Quartet Books; New Ed edition (1977)
Language: English
Pages: 544
ePub: 1697 kb
Fb2: 1775 kb
Rating: 4.1
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Category: Art and Photo
Subcategory: Music
The book contains many short ic sketches and characters of persons that Duke Ellington knew-musicians, friends . This is Duke Ellington's poetic literary suite posing as prose, and it should not be missed.
The book contains many short ic sketches and characters of persons that Duke Ellington knew-musicians, friends, acquaintances, public figures. But it also has a variety of essays-longer subjects interwoven with themes and counterpoint. Ellington's is exquisitely musical prose-again, not to be surprised. Really-it's great poetry and a terrific compendium of jazz history and experience.
Music is My Mistress book. I love Duke Ellington, but not this book. His music is clever and innovative and emotional. The book is just one big smiley face. That was Duke's personality. Couldn't say a bad word about anyone. But the result is all the good words about literally everybody and everything that ever happened to him are just not believable. Some good anecdotes, a few interesting mini-profiles, but mostly just bland.
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one. This is the story of Duke Ellington-the story of. .Lovers have come and gone, but only my mistress stays, he says
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one. This is the story of Duke Ellington-the story of Jazz itself. Told in his own way, in his own words, a symphony written by the King of Jazz. Lovers have come and gone, but only my mistress stays, he says. He composed not only songs that all the world has sung, but also suites, sacred works, music for stage and screen and symphonies. This rich book, the embodiment of the life and works of the Duke, is replete with appendices listing singers, arrangers, lyricists and the symphony orchestras with whom the Duke played. There is a book to own and cherish by all who love Jazz and the contributions made to it by the Duke.
Music Is My Mistress. By the late '80s, Mercer Ellington was leading a part-time Duke Ellington Orchestra (he should have used his own name to avoid confusion with the classic band) and doing his best to preserve Duke's legacy
Music Is My Mistress. By the late '80s, Mercer Ellington was leading a part-time Duke Ellington Orchestra (he should have used his own name to avoid confusion with the classic band) and doing his best to preserve Duke's legacy.
14 quotes from Duke Ellington: 'I don't need time, I need a deadline. 'A problem is a chance for you to do your best Duke Ellington quotes Showing 1-14 of 14. I don't need time, I need a deadline. tags: deadline, inspirational, time. A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington, Music is My Mistress. There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1. ― Duke Ellington. Music is my mistress. by. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Archive of Contemporary Music. Music, Arts & Culture.
Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no on. His story spans and defines a half-century of modern music. This man who created over 1500 compositions was as much at home in Harlem's Cotton Club in the '20s as he was at a White House birthday celebration in his honor in the '60s.
Music Is My Mistress Ellington tells his story through family, friends, musicians, and travels, and . Duke Ellington Paperback Da Capo Press March 1, 1976 ISBN: 0306800330. Ellington tells his story through family, friends, musicians, and travels, and his tale is accompanied by over 100 photographs. It is an intimate look at his commitment to his art form. The appendices list musicians, arrangers, lyricists, and even symphony orchestras with whom Ellington played. His compositions are listed chronologically, and the book includes a discography.