Music: Misunderstanding Gershwin

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George Gershwin is misunderstood by both classical composers and performers. He had ample classical music education, but his harmonic innovations tried to bring jazz into the classical concert hall. His music should be performed in a freer, jazzier way, much less literallistically than modern symphonies attempt.

Biography, 20th century AD, Music, Jazz musicians, Gershwin, George

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Built pieces: like Igor Stravinsky, Duke Ellington was a brilliant assembler of other people's music

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Duke Ellington's method of musical composition brought together pieces from many musical genres to form elegant and effortless assemblages. The makeup of his band was also diverse and unique. He resembles Igor Stravinsky in his reshaping of musical tradition.

Jazz music, Jazz, Ellington, Duke

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Redeeming the rake

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Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress' is a difficult opera to love, but it redeems itself in its moving third act. The opera contains elements from the personal lives of the composer and the librettists, W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman.

Operas, Auden, W.H., The Rake's Progress (Opera), Kallman, Chester

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