Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

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gptkbp:instanceOf musical composition
gptkbp:album gptkb:The_Duke_Ellington_Orchestra
gptkbp:artist Billy Strayhorn
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkbp:cultural_impact featured in documentaries
covered by various artists
influenced jazz education
used in film soundtracks
performed in jazz festivals
gptkbp:cultural_significance important work in jazz history
gptkbp:duration approximately 12 minutes
gptkbp:genre jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Mingus
gptkb:Miles_Davis
gptkb:John_Coltrane
gptkbp:influences blues
gptkbp:inspiration classical music
gptkbp:instrument big band
gptkbp:keyIssues B-flat major
gptkbp:length 12:00
gptkbp:notable_recipients performed_by_Wynton_Marsalis
performed_by_the_Smithsonian_Jazz_Masterworks_Orchestra
performed_by_the_Duke_Ellington_Orchestra
performed_by_the_Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center_Orchestra
performed_by_the_Lincoln_Center_Jazz_Orchestra
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Newport_Jazz_Festival_1956
gptkbp:performance 1940
gptkbp:performances improvisational
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:Ellington_at_Newport
1953
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Columbia_Records
gptkbp:signature 4/4
gptkbp:soundtrack call and response
polyrhythms
syncopation
harmonic progression
melodic development
gptkbp:style orchestral jazz
gptkbp:theme contrast of dynamics
gptkbp:year 1940