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1、美国名人作曲家，钢琴家艾灵顿公爵1DukeEllingtonandHisJazzOrchestraWereFamousAroundtheWorldplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:35repeatByPaulThompson2006-3-18(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreemanwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PeopleinAmerica.EveryweekwetellaboutapersonwhowasimportantinthehistoryoftheUni

2、tedStates.Today,wetellaboutthegreatjazzmusician,EdwardKennedyEllington.HewasbetterknowntotheworldasDukeEllington.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThatwasDukeEllingtonsorchestraplayingTakethe,A,Train,Justthefirstfewnotesofthatsongareenoughtotellanymusicexpertwhoisplaying.Itislikeamusicalsign.Thesignsays,Listen!Youare

3、abouttohearsomethingbyDukeEllingtonsorchestra.Itwasalwaysthefirstsonghisorchestraplayed.TaketheA,Trainwasonlyoneofhundredsofsongsheplayedallovertheworld.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:EdwardKennedyEllingtonwasbornonApriltwenty-ninth,eighteenninety-nine,inWashington,D.C.HisfamilylivedintheAfrican-AmericanareaofWash

4、ington.ItwasatimewhenracialseparationwasthelawinmuchoftheUnitedStates.RaciallawsandracialhatredweretofollowEdwardKennedyEllingtonallthroughhislife.YoungEdwardlikedclothes.Afriendoncelookedathimandsaid,Youlooklikeaduke.HemeantthatEdwardsclothesweresogoodthathelookedlikeamemberofaroyalfamily.Otherfrie

5、ndslaughed.YettheyallbegancallinghimDuke.Thenamestayedwithhimtherestofhislife.VOICEONE:WhenhewasaboutsevenyearsoldzDukeEllingtonbegantoplaythepiano.Whenhewasinhighschool,hebegantopaint.Hebecameverygoodatboth.AfamousartschoolinNewYorkCityinvitedhimtotakeclassesthere.Buthehadalreadydecidedtobecomeamus

6、ician.Hegothisfirstprofessionaljobinnineteensixteen.Heplayedmusicatnightandpaintedbusinesssignsduringtheday.Themostpopularmusicbackthenwascalledragtime.DukelistenedtoragtimepianoplayerswhovisitedWashington.Thenhetriedtoplayaswellorbetterthantheydid.Yearslater,herecordedasongthatshowedhowwellhecouldp

7、laythepiano.ItisaragtimesongcalledLotsoFingers.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:DukeEllingtonmovedtoNewYorkCityinnineteentwenty-three.Hehadasmallband.SoonitwasplayingatthefamousCottonClubzwhereitwouldplayformanyyears.DukeandhisbandcouldplayattheCottonClub.Buttheycouldnotcometohearanyoneelse,becausetheywereblack.Duke

8、didnotbecomeangry.Hedidnotbecomefilledwithhatredtowardwhitepeople.Helethismusicspeakforhim.VOICEONE:Intime,DukeEllingtonsbandgotbigger.Itwasajazzorchestra.Morepeoplebeganhearingtheorchestrasmusic.TheycouldhearitonaradioprogramfromtheCottonClub.TheprogramoftencouldbeheardallovertheUnitedStates.Atthes

9、ametime,DukeEllingtonandthemembersofhisorchestrabeganrecordingtheirsongs.Theirfirsthitrecordwasoneoftheirmostfamous.ItwasrecordedinOctoberofnineteenthirty.ItwascalledDreamyBlues.,Later,Dukechangedthename.Itisstillconsideredagreatbluessongandisoftenplayedtoday.ItiscalledMoodIndigo.,(MUSIC)VOICETWO:An

10、orchestraisateammadeupofindividualplayers.Likeanyteam,theindividualsinanorchestramustcooperatetoproducegoodmusic.Theleaderofateam,oranorchestra,mustlearnthestrengthandtheweaknessofeachmember.Andagoodleaderwillusethisknowledgetomaketheteamororchestraproducethebestresult.Inthenineteentwentiesandninete

11、enthirties,membersofadanceorchestraneverstayedwithonegroupforlong.Musiciansmovedfromgrouptogroup.Yet,whenamusicianplayedwithDukeEllingtonzheusuallystayed,sometimesformanyyears.VOICEONE:Thishadaneffectonthegroupsmusic.Dukewouldwritemusicespeciallyformusiciansintheorchestra.Hissongsusedthestrengthsofo

12、neortwoindividuals.Therestoftheorchestracooperatedwiththem.ThiscooperationbecamethemethodEllingtonusedagainandagaintoproducebeautifulsoundcolors.Hismusiccouldmakepeoplefeeldeepemotions-feelingsofhappiness,orsadness,orloneliness,orjoy.VOICETWO:SomemembersoftheDukeEllingtonorchestrawerethebestjazzmusi

13、ciansoftheirday.Theircooperationproducedasoundthatisalmostimpossibleforotherstore-create.Tocreatethatsamesound,youwouldneedthemusicianswhofirstplayedthemusic.OneofthosemusicianswasCootieWilliams.HeplayedthetrumpetintheDukeEllingtonorchestraformanyyears.DukeEllingtonusedthestrengthofCootieWilliamswhe

14、nhewroteasongcalled,AConcertoforCootie.Criticssaidthisworkshowedtheunitybetweenthemusicwriter;theleaderoftheorchestra,anditsmembers.1.istenasCootieWilliamsseemstoleadtheorchestra.Hearhowtheothermemberscooperatewithhimtoproduceaverybeautifulandspecialsound.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisSpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyPaulThompson.ItwasproducedbyLawanDavis.mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreeman.JoinusagainnextweekatthistimeforthesecondpartofourPeopleinAmericaprogramaboutDukeEllingtonontheVoiceofAmerica.