Selected works for big band / Mary Lou Williams ; edited by Theodore E. Buehrer.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981, composer.

Contributor:

Buehrer, Theodore E., editor.

Series:

Recent researches in American Music ; 74.

Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.

Music of the United States of America ; volume 25.

Recent researches in American Music ; 74

Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573

Music of the United States of America ; volume 25

Standardized Title:

Instrumental music. Selections

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981.

Williams, Mary Lou.

Big band music--Scores.

Big band music.

Genre:

Scores.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (lxxi, 290 pages, 3 pages of plates)) : facsimiles, portrait.

Place of Publication:

Middleton, Wisconsin : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

Staff notation.

Summary:

"Careful listeners and readers need to spend little time perusing Mary Lou Williams's solo piano recordings or her music manuscripts to realize her immense talent. A two-time Guggenheim Fellow, Williams (1910-81) honed her craft as a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger during a career that spanned five decades. The eleven selections in this volume are representative of her work for big band, pieces written for orchestras led by Andy Kirk, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. Included in the volume is Williams's earliest arrangement (Mess-a-Stomp, 1929) as well as compositions from the 1930s, 40s, and 60s, allowing her stylistic evolution to be traced. A variety of source materials, including extant scores and parts, was used in the preparation of this edition. Where no written music survives, transcriptions drawn from audio recordings were created. The resulting edition and accompanying essay shed well-deserved light upon this gifted yet relatively unknown giant of American jazz." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Mary's ideas : big band music by Mary Lou Williams. A woman's place in narratives of jazz ; From Pittsburgh to Kansas City ; William's stylistic development

Apparatus. Sources and editorial methods ; Critical commentary

Selected works for big band. Mess-a-stomp (1929) ; Mary's idea (1930) ; Walkin' and swingin' (1936) ; A mellow bit of rhythm (1937) ; Messa stomp (1938) ; Mary's idea (1938) ; Scorpio (1946) ; Lonely moments (1947) ; In the land of Oo-bla-dee (1949) ; Gravel (Truth) (1967) ; Aries mood (1968).

Notes:

Includes introduction and critical commentaries.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-290).

Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed December 4, 2018).

Contains:

Container of: Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981. Zodiac suite. Scorpio.

OCLC:

1079230136

Publisher Number:

A074 A-R Editions, Inc.