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Aesthetic Realism Explains The Beauty Of Duke Ellington at Aesthetic Realism Foundation
Courtesy of Devorah Tarrow | Posted on March 22, 2018
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Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene Street
New York, NY
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Sun, April 29, 2018
2:30 pm
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Award-winning composer Edward Green will present—with vivid musical examples—“Aesthetic Realism Explains the Beauty of Duke Ellington”! April 29th is Ellington’s birthday, and Dr. Green will explain why Duke Ellington’s works truly matter--in music history, and for the lives of people right now! He’ll speak on Harlem Air Shaft, The Mooche, Black & Tan Fantasy, and more. And he’ll show: Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by Eli Siegel, explains what makes them beautiful. “All beauty,” stated Mr. Siegel, “is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.” Dr. Green says: ...