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Duke Ellington: Liberian Suite
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Ellington often wrote evocative music (see Program Music), including “Daybreak Express” (1933) and “Happy-Go-Lucky Local” (1946), inspired by his experiences with trains. Many of his works affirm his African American heritage, including the longer pieces Symphony in Black (1934); Black, Brown, and Beige; and Harlem Suite (1951).
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Since the early thirties Ellington had spoken of plans to write a large piece depicting the story of blacks in America. The work was described variously as a suite or an opera Down Beat, in fact, announced in 1938 that he had completed an opera after working on it for the past six years, one that dealt with "the history of the American Negro, starting with the Negro back in the jungles of Africa, and following through to the modern Harlemite."
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Ellington ... wrote and performed music for films, the most important was Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Alongside, he wrote The Queen Suite for Queen Elizabeth II, with only one copy . This was released only after his death.
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