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Arts, Music, Composition, Composers, E, Ellington, Duke
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 - Official site. Includes biographical information plus appreciation, his interpreters, sound clips, information about the society, links.
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- Biographical data and essay, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and link to biography from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
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- CDs, sound file: 'Caravan,' videos, DVD, and books.
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- Interactive catalog offers sound samples, quiz questions, quotes, original art and products featuring Duke Ellington.
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- A contrast of the wildness of many of his works with their underlying order using "Happy Go Lucky Local" as his example. By Alan Shapiro.
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- Wikipedia article with photographs, biographical and musicological details, OGG audio samples, and internal references to related topics and people, including other jazz "royalty."
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- Biography, works, selected discography, articles, links.
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- Composition list and discographical data for Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, including other musicians' recordings of these works.
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- (1899-1974) Biography, discography, links, reviews, mailing list information.
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- Features a digital portrait gallery and links to other related sites.
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- Biography, discography, record reviews, and internal links to related artists and members of his orchestra.
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- Promotional material for Honolulu event sponsored by the Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts. Includes various essays on his music and responses to it.
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- Appreciative essay by Fred Barrett, contrasting his style with that of Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman and tracing his movement into orchestral composition.
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- Biography, discography, essays, articles, links, and a personal memory of the author's daughter and the composer's music.
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- Picture and biography.
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- Overview of Ellington's career and review of the collection "The Duke."
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- German musicologist Jørgen Mathiasen offers research paper on Duke Ellington's known works, with lengthy bibliography and alphabetical list of 1,770 titles.
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- Project of the Washington, D.C. Ellington Society. List of compositions, sessions, information on joining other societies and Love You Madly, an e-mail discussion group, glossary, time line, centennial remembrances, news, and links.
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- Biography tracing his movement from small bands through the "jungle" big band style and on to extended compositions, including orchestral pieces, and noting other types of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
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- Includes a biography, a photo gallery, lengthy discography with audio clips, four classic Down Beat magazine articles, and a message board.
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- Compositions and arrangements by him and by Ellingtonians plus lists and commentaries, essays, literature, and links. By Hans-Joachim Schmidt.
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