Suite for the Duo (French horn and piano)
Title
Suite for the Duo (French horn and piano)
Description
Black composer Billy Strayhorn composed "Suite for the Duo" in 1966.
As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn worked with the French horn-piano duo of Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff on a suite that he originally titled “North by Southwest Suite”. Mitchell and Ruff recorded the suite after Strayhorn’s passing as ‘Suite for the Duo’."
As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn worked with the French horn-piano duo of Dwike Mitchell and Willie Ruff on a suite that he originally titled “North by Southwest Suite”. Mitchell and Ruff recorded the suite after Strayhorn’s passing as ‘Suite for the Duo’."
Duration: 5 minutes
Creator
Strayhorn, William Thomas ("Billy") (1915-1967)
Source
Billy Strayhorn (personal website), https://billystrayhorn.com/
Billy Strayhorn (Britannica), https://www.britannica.com/biography/Billy-Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn, Suite for the Duo (score), https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/476134/Product.aspx
Keplerlabel, "Suite for the Duo" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeUCtYxaNY8
Publisher
Hal Leonard
Date
1966
Format
0-10 minutes
Coverage
1950-1999
Instrumentation
horn / cor
piano
Ensemble Type
duo
Citation
Strayhorn, William Thomas ("Billy") (1915-1967), “Suite for the Duo (French horn and piano),” Music EnLivened, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/64.
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