Solitude

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"Solitude" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, renowned for its melancholic mood and enduring popularity in the jazz repertoire.

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Solitude canonical 2
Solitude/Solitaire 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
song
associatedWith Duke Ellington Orchestra
catalogedIn Duke Ellington song catalog
composer Duke Ellington
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstRecordingArtist Duke Ellington Orchestra
surface form: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
genre jazz
hasForm 32-bar song form
hasInfluenceOn later jazz ballads
hasInstrumentalVersion yes
hasInstrumentation originally written for big band
hasNotableRecording Billie Holiday
surface form: Billie Holiday – "Solitude"

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – "Solitude"
Frank Sinatra – "In the Wee Small Hours" sessions ("Solitude")
Nina Simone – "Solitude"
hasStructure AABA
hasTheme heartache
introspection
loneliness
hasVocalVersion yes
includedIn jazz standard repertoire
isStandardIn swing jazz
traditional jazz
vocal jazz
key B-flat minor
language English
lyricist Eddie DeLange
Irving Mills
mood melancholic
notableFor enduring popularity in jazz repertoire
expressive harmonic language
notablePerformer Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong
Nina Simone
Sarah Vaughan
partOf Great American Songbook repertoire (informal)
performancePractice often performed as a slow ballad feature
publisher Mills Music
recordLabel Brunswick Records
subgenre ballad
tempo slow
yearComposed 1934
yearPublished 1934

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Duke Ellington notableWork Solitude
Glory of Love includedIn Solitude
this entity surface form: Solitude/Solitaire