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Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Van De Leur, Walter (An Independent Jazz Researcher, Currently Working for the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Dutch Jazz Archives.)
Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Van De Leur, Walter (An Independent Jazz Researcher, Currently Working for the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Dutch Jazz Archives.)
'Something to Live For' investigates and analyses the entire oeuvre of Billy Strayhorn, who, for over 30 years, was the musical collaborator of Duke Ellington. Nearly 70 music examples, drawn directly from his original autograph scores, provide insight into the development of Strayhorn's own musical language and style.
352 pages, 11 halftones and numerous music examples
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 31, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195124484 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 163 × 26 mm · 684 g |
| Language | English |