Blue Rhythm Fantasy : Big Band Jazz Arranging in the Swing Era /

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"Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's forgotten stars: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930 and 1940s to uncover the live...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wriggle, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Willet, Chappie > 1910-1976
Swing
Jazz
Big Band
Arrangement
Jazz.
Big band music.
Arrangement (Music)
MUSIC > General.
Arrangement (Musique) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Jazz > 1941-1950 > Histoire et critique.
Jazz > 1931-1940 > Histoire et critique.
Arrangement (Music) > History > 20th century.
Jazz > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
Jazz > 1931-1940 > History and criticism.
Big band music > History and criticism.
USA.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Business and politics : the landscape
  • Ace race arranger : the Broadway music clinic
  • Harlem on Broadway : nightclub and theater revues
  • Theory and practice : the fundamentals
  • Episode and interlude : Broadway modernism
  • Futuristic ragtime : style and identity
  • Heavy stuff : classics and concertos
  • Give me some skin : novelty songs and ballads
  • Jungle madness : jazz dance and exotic numbers.

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