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Author Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, instrumentalist.

Title Such sweet thunder / Duke Ellington ; [composed and orchestrated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn].

Publication Info. New York : Columbia/Legacy, [1999]
℗1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott Media  CD 9775v    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk  Gift of Mendel Music Library, Princeton University
Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (26 pages : portraits)
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
stereo
digital recording
Note Suite for jazz ensemble based on Shakespeare's characters.
Performer Duke Ellington, piano, and his orchestra.
Event Recorded in New York, Aug. 7, 1956-May 3, 1957.
Note Originally released 1957, 1982, 1984.
"Duke 100 years"--Container.
Compact disc.
Original 1957 program notes by Irving Townsend, plus discography and 1999 program notes by Bill Berry and Phil Schaap in booklet.
Contents [Shakespeare plays which inspired each track in square brackets after titles.] Such sweet thunder [Othello, or Antony and Cleopatra; program notes p. 24] (3:22) -- Sonnet for Caesar [Julius Caesar] (2:59) -- Sonnet to Hank Cinq [Henry V] (1:20) -- Lady Mac [Macbeth] (3:39) -- Sonnet in search of a Moor [Othello] (2:23) -- The telecasters [Macbeth] (3:05) -- Up and down, up and down (I will lead them up and down) [Midsummer night's dream] (3:06) -- Sonnet for Sister Kate [Taming of the shrew] (2:22) -- The star-crossed lovers; A.K.A. Pretty girl [Romeo and Juliet] (4:01) -- Madness in great ones [Hamlet] (3:27) -- Half the fun; A.K.A. Lately [Antony and Cleopatra] (4:12) -- Circle of fourths (1:46) -- Bonus tracks, chiefly alternate takes: Star-crossed lovers (4:15) -- Circle of fourths (1:47) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (2:33) -- Café au lait (2:44) -- Half the fun (4:08) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (3:49) -- Café au lait (6:21) -- Pretty girl (8:54).
Subject Suites (Jazz ensemble)
Suites (Jazz ensemble)
Jazz -- 1951-1960.
Jazz.
Chronological Term 1951-1960
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Musical settings.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Mises en musique.
Suites (Ensemble de jazz)
Jazz -- 1951-1960.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Added Author Strayhorn, Billy.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Sonnet for Caesar.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Such sweet thunder. Sonnet for Hank Cinq.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Such sweet thunder. Lady Mac.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Sonnet in search of a Moor.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Telecasters.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Up and down, up and down.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Sonnet for Sister Kate.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Star-crossed lovers.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Madness in great ones.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Half the fun.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Circle of fourths.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Suburban beauty.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. A flat minor.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Café au lait.
Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer.
Standard No. 074646556825
Music No. CK 65568 Columbia
CK 65568 Columbia/Legacy

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