Highlights from "Sophisticated Ladies"

Duke Ellington

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General Info

Year: 1981
Duration: c. 9:45
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

This medley from the show Sophisticated Ladies includes Solitude; Moon Indigo; It Don't Mean a Thing; Sophisticated Lady, and Do Nothing Til You Hear from Me.

- Program Note from score

Sophisticated Ladies is a musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington. The musical ran on Broadway in 1981.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Tufts University (Medford, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (John McCann, conductor; Jo Strogatz, alto; Ben Lanzi, baritone) - 11 April 2022
Western Reserve Community Band (Hudson, Ohio) (Ralph Meyer, conductor) – 16 March 2019
Northeastern Wisconsin (Marinette) Concert Band (Robert Berndt, conductor) – Fall 2018

Works for Winds by This Composer

Caravan (arr. Ployhar) (1937/1975)
Caravan (arr. Saucedo) (1937/2000)
Classic Duke
Come Sunday (arr. Murtha) (1943/2007)
Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer) (1994)
Duke Ellington in Concert (arr. Murtha) (2002)
Ellington (arr. Kerchner)
Ellington! (arr. Bulla) (2019)
Ellington Portrait, An (arr. Werle) (1965)
Highlights from "Sophisticated Ladies" (arr. Cacavas) (1981)
It Don't Mean a Thing (arr. Moss) (1932/1989)
Rhythmoods (arr. Yoder) (1938)
Salute the Duke (arr. Yoder) (1960)
Salute to the Duke (arr. Sweeney) (1999)
Satin Doll (arr. Osterling) (1953/1988)
The Symphonic Duke (arr. Newsom) (1999)

Resources

Ellington, D.; Cacavas, J. (1981). Highlights from Sophisticated Ladies [score]. Belwin Mills: Melville, N.Y.
Sophisticated Ladies, Wikipedia Accessed 16 March 2019