It takes the average reader 5 hours and 36 minutes to read Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer by Ken Rattenbury
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American composer, pianist and orchestra leader Duke Ellington was the first genuine jazz composer of truly international status. In this book Ken Rattenbury offers a thorough musical analysis of Ellington's works, assessing the extent to which Ellington drew on the black music traditions of blues and ragtime and the music of Tin Pan Alley, and examining how he integrated black folk music practices with elements of European art music. Rattenbury investigate's Ellington's methods of composition, focusing on works written, performed and recorded between 1939 and 1941, years that witnessed the...
Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer by Ken Rattenbury is 327 pages long, and a total of 84,039 words.
This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 39 minutes to read Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer aloud.
Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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