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10th Lit Composition

07 November 2007

Women in Duke Ellington’s Life

  • What women played an important role in Ellington’s life?
  • How did women influence Ellington’s music?
  • How are women talked about in his music?
  • Pick a few songs and explain how women are talked about.
  • Was Ellington ever married or divorce?
  • Did Ellington have relationships with a lot of women?
  1. What women played an important role in Ellington’s life?

The most important women in his life were his mother Daisy Kennedy Ellington and sister Ruth Dorothea Ellington. His mother adored him and spoiled him. His sister supported him in his music.

"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action."

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  1. How did women influence Ellington’s music?

Women that Duke looked up to the most he write a song about them. His mother and sister was a big influence in his music.

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evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International

Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1

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  1. How are women talked about in his music?

Duke talked about women in a sophisticated way. He did not degrade women of matter. He talked about wealthy and high class women.

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Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007.

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  1. Pick a few songs and explain how women are talked about.

Music is a woman. Solitude. Satin Doll. Just Squeeze Me.

Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times.

New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

  1. Was Ellington ever married or divorce?

Duke was married once, but never divorced. His wife left him and they separated in 1930. They had one child together namedMercer Ellington, his only son.

Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim.

Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.

  1. Did Ellington have relationships with a lot of women?

Duke had a lot of relationships. He was quite the ladies man at this time. Women loved him and his music.

Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim.

Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.

Works Cited

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"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action."

Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8

May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times.

New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim.

Rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.

Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-

evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International

Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1

(2007): 27-36. Print.