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Such sweet thunder

Title
Such sweet thunder / Duke Ellington ; [composed and orchestrated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn].
Author
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Publication
New York : Columbia/Legacy, [1999], ℗1999.

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  • Strayhorn, Billy
  • Duke Ellington Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
Subjects
Note
  • Suite for jazz ensemble based on Shakespeare\u0027s characters.
  • 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 (26 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in New York, Aug. 7, 1956-May 3, 1957.
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\u0027s 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).
LCCN
  • 00521614
  • 074646556825
OCLC
  • ocm41424680
  • 41424680
  • SCSB-5576738
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries