Solitude

E124108

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

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Solitude canonical 10
"Solitude" 1
Solitude/Solitaire 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
catalogedIn Duke Ellington song catalog ⓘ
composer Duke Ellington ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist 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 – "Solitude" ⓘ
linked to: Billie Holiday

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.