Prelude to a Kiss

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Prelude to a Kiss is a 1938 jazz ballad by Duke Ellington, renowned for its sophisticated harmonies and lyrical, romantic melody.

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Prelude to a Kiss canonical 2
“Prelude to a Kiss” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
song
associatedEra Big band era
surface form: Swing era
associatedWith Duke Ellington Orchestra
composer Duke Ellington
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument alto saxophone
firstRecordedBy Duke Ellington Orchestra
surface form: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
form ballad
genre jazz
hasKey D-flat major
hasNotableArrangementBy Duke Ellington
hasNotableInstrumentalist Johnny Hodges
hasNotablePerformer Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Johnny Hodges
Sarah Vaughan
Tony Bennett
hasNotableRecording Duke Ellington 1938 orchestra recording
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Sarah Vaughan recordings of Duke Ellington songs
hasNotableSoloFor alto saxophone
hasRecognition regarded as one of Duke Ellington’s most harmonically advanced ballads
hasTheme intimacy
romantic love
influenced later jazz ballad writing
isFrequentlyPerformedAs instrumental feature
vocal feature
isPartOfRepertoire Great American Songbook
isStandardIn jazz repertoire
isTaughtIn jazz education curricula
language English
lyricist Irving Gordon
Irving Mills
publisher Mills Music
styleCharacteristic lyrical melody
romantic mood
sophisticated harmonies
subgenre jazz ballad
tempo slow
usesHarmony chromatic harmony
extended chords
modulations
yearComposed 1938
yearPublished 1938

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Duke Ellington notableWork Prelude to a Kiss
As I Am hasTrack Prelude to a Kiss
Johnny Hodges notableWork Prelude to a Kiss
this entity surface form: “Prelude to a Kiss”