Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre

by John Franceschina and John Charles Franceschina

Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own Broadway show. Though Ellington wrote many theatrical pieces, he was never able to achieve success as a composer for the stage, and today his stage shows receive little attention from music historians. Nevertheless, these works occupied a significant place in Ellington's creative imagination, and many of the ideas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786408561
• ISBN13: 9780786408566
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher