"Black, Brown and Beige" in Duke Ellington's Repertoire, 1943-1973статья из журнала
Аннотация: After the confused and disappointing reception of Black, Brown and Beige by the critics at its premiere on January 23, 1943, Duke Ellington and his orchestra performed that work and most of the other pieces on the Carnegie Hall program just five days later at Boston's Symphony Hall. Many in the audience at these concerts knew Ellington as a successful danceband leader and writer of such popular songs as Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, and Don't Get Around Much Anymore. For those concertgoers not aware of his more explorative compositions, Black, Brown and Beige must have been a challenging or puzzling interlude in a program that lasted over three hours. As for the critics, Scott DeVeaux (in this issue) has noted that most were ill-equipped to assess the complete Black, Brown and Beige after only one hearing.1 These two concerts, a February WNYC radio broadcast of the entire Carnegie Hall concert, and the Rye High School preview may have been the only complete public performances of Black, Brown and Beige heard until almost thirty years later, when it was recorded by an orchestra of 1. Fortunately, Ellington's historic 1943 concert was recorded by technicians at Carnegie Hall and copies of the original acetate discs circulated among a small circle of record collectors. In the 1960s one of these collectors issued only the 45-minute Black, Brown and Beige portion of the concert as a bootleg LP on the Italian label For Discriminating Collectors. Other bootlegs surfaced later on the Hall of Fame and Ariston labels. These LPs were never advertised to the general public as they were pressed in small quantities and aimed primarily at specialists and collectors. The only commercial issue of Black, Brown and Beige from the 1943 Carnegie Hall concert was released in 1977 on Prestige, subsequently reissued on compact disc.
Год издания: 1993
Авторы: Andrew Homzy
Издательство: University of Illinois Press
Источник: Black Music Research Journal
Ключевые слова: Music History and Culture, Musicology and Musical Analysis, Theater, Performance, and Music History
Открытый доступ: closed
Том: 13
Выпуск: 2
Страницы: 87–87