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Tirro, Frank Pascale was born on September 20, 1935 in Omaha. Son of Frank and Mary Carmela (Spensieri) Tirro.
(Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America s ...)
Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America s hot new music of the 20th century, and this music spread like wildfire to Europe and beyond. Shortly after the war ended a calming influence manifested itself in jazz and a new genre emerged with its own soundscape and quickly rose to worldwide popularity and influence Cool Jazz. This book traces the history of this music to its roots in French Impressionism and European Neo-Classicism, describes the key roles played by Bix Beiderbecke, Lester Young, Lennie Tristano, Claude Thornhill, and Dave Brubeck in the development of this genre, and focuses on the major figures associated with a group of landmark recordings and on an ensemble that felicitously came to be known as The Birth of the Cool. The contributions of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, and John Carisi are considered in detail, and the scores of this music, arranged for Davis s nine-piece band, are analyzed and compared. The influence of this music persists to the present day, and the final chapter of The Birth of the Cool of Miles Davis and His Associates suggests continuities and developments that might still be explored by interested readers. The book is illustrated with photos of musicians and manuscripts, contains many musical examples and a detailed index, has both a bibliography and a short discography, and it includes a compact disc that contains many of the key recordings discussed in the text.
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( Jazz is a democratic music in the best sense of the wor...)
Jazz is a democratic music in the best sense of the word, for it is the collective achievement of a people. This book is not a recounting of ancedotes nor a simple chronology of musical events, but a history. It evaluates the gathered evidence and draws conclusions. Its narrative and summaries are based on repeated careful listenings to thouands of recordings, on the reports of musicians who witnessed and experienced many of the crucial events and created some of the masterworks, and on the fresh research and insightful thought of hundreds of serious scholars who love and respect this music.
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(As Tiro informs students about the music, musicians, hist...)
As Tiro informs students about the music, musicians, history, and social forces that have shaped jazz, he teaches students the aural skills that lead to a true understanding of jazz. This text includes 50 musical examples that are detailed in the text and included on the accompanying 3-CD set.
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composer music educator author
Tirro, Frank Pascale was born on September 20, 1935 in Omaha. Son of Frank and Mary Carmela (Spensieri) Tirro.
Biomedical Engineering, University Nebraska, 1960. M.M., Northwestern University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1974.
Chairman laboratory school University Chicago, Illinois, 1961—1970. Fellow of Villa I Tatti Harvard University, Florence, Italy, 1971—1972. Lecturer University Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1972—1973.
Assistant professor music Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1973—1974. Director Southeastern Institute Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1978—1980. Chairman, associate professor music Duke University, 1973—1980.
Professor Yale University, New Haven, 1980—2010, dean, 1980—1989. Reader, consultant several university presses. Jurist Parisot International Cello Competition, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1981, advisory board University Nebraska Hixson-Lied Foundation, since 2008.
(As Tiro informs students about the music, musicians, hist...)
(Jazz, from its origins until World War II, was America s ...)
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( Jazz is a democratic music in the best sense of the wor...)
Board directors New Haven Symphony, 1980-1989, Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, 1982-1989, Chamber Orchestra New England, 1980-1982, Center for Black Music Research, 1985-1991. Member American Musicol. Society (council 1978-1980), College Music Society (council 1980-1982, member executive board 1984-1986), National Association Schools of Music, International Society Jazz Research, Renaissance Society of America, Mory's Club, Yale Club (New York City).
Married Charlene Rae Whitney, August 16, 1961. Children: John Andrew, Cynthia Anne.