Queer Arrangements - Billy Strayhorn and Midcentury Jazz Collaboration

"A study of the legacy of Black queer composer, arranger, and pianist Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), exploring how Strayhorn's identity as an openly gay Black jazz musician shaped his career, musical sensibility, and the dynamics with his collaborators"--

About the author

LISA BARG (Montreal, QC) is Associate Professor of Music History and Musicology at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies. She is currently serving as Co-editor-In-Chief of Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Barg
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2023
• EAN: 9780819500632
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-0063-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Music / Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries