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REALIZATION OF THE OPERA, QUEENIE PIE
Composing many works sewn into American culture's fabric and vernacular, Edward K. "Duke" Ellington is arguably the most prolific American composer. Of his approximately 3,000 innovative compositions, Queenie Pie—stands alone in style, genre, and breadth. Ellington envisaged the work in the 1930s, shaping and reshaping it throughout his life until his death in May of 1974, though he never completed the work. Throughout the years . . .
- street opera
- Lexington Philharmonic
- Chicago Opera Theater
- Edward K. "Duke" Ellington
- Ellington
- Queenie Pie
- Nucli
- Long Beach Opera
- jazz opera
- Oakland Opera Theater
- opéra comique
- Queens Rule
- Duke
- Queenie Pie Suite
- folk opera
- Betty McGettigan Collection
- Nutcracker Suite
- jazz
- "Realizing the Duke"
- Moon Trio
- Café Olay
- Bolin
- Gaspard Bolin
- University of Kentucky Opera Theater
- jazz-based score
- Holt Fay
- Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Unlimited
- vocalise
- Kenny Burrell