Title

A Formal Analysis of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s Such Sweet Thunder

Author(s) Information

Benjamin P. Kerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow

College - Author 1

College of Liberal Arts

Department - Author 1

Music Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in Music

Date

6-2022

Primary Advisor

Arthur White, College of Liberal Arts, Music Department

Abstract/Summary

This paper is an analysis of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's 1957 Suite, Such Sweet Thunder. Also known as The Shakespearean Suite, this twelve movement work is a musical interpretation of Shakespearean characters, moods, and literary forms.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/musp/131