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20. Jan. 2020 · Three Black Kings (Les Trois Rois Noirs) was Duke Ellington’s last composition. The orchestral triptych was left unfinished at the time of Ellington’s death in 1974. True to the spontaneous spirit of jazz and guided by superstition, the American composer, pianist, and band leader frequently left pieces incomplete until the day of ...
9. Jan. 2012 · Three Black Kings was the last serious work written by Duke Ellington for ballet. As he lay dying in his hospital bed in 1974, he gave his son, Mercer, final instructions on how it was to...
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16. Apr. 2023 · Intended (in Mercer’s words) as a “eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr.,”. Three Black Kings continues Ellington’s series of narrative pieces on a grand symphonic scale – a series that ...
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17. Feb. 2019 · Intended (in Mercer’s words) as a “eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Three Black Kings continues Ellington’s series of narrative pieces on a grand symphonic scale – a series that includes Black, Brown, and Beige (1943), Harlem (1950), and Night Creature (1955). Traversing centuries, each movement captures the ...
16. Juni 2017 · Three Black Kings by Duke Ellington Orchestra, Mercer Ellington, Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra Katowice released in 2017. Find album revie...
Following his tradition of writing sweeping musical narratives, Three Black Kings, according to Ellington’s son Mercer, was written as a musical eulogy to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The work was finished by Mercer and orchestrated by Luther Henderson for a tribute concert in 1976. It became part of the regular repertoire of the Alvin Ailey ...
The USC Thornton Symphony performs the third movement of "Three Black Kings," entitled, "Martin Luther King" by Duke Ellington on September 23, 2022, conduct...
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