Vernon Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky) enjoyed a highly successful Broadway and film career * With Berlin, Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers, Arlen and Kern, contributed to The Great American Songbook * Collaborated with many of the most celebrated lyricists of the era, including Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn * Works have been performed and recorded by Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Wynton Marsalis, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra and Thelonious Monk
As Vladimir Dukelsky, studied composition under Glière * Composed Zephyr and Flora for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes with choreography by Massine and scenography by Braque * Symphonies were championed by Koussevitszky
Works by Vernon Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky) include: Autumn in New York (1934) April in Paris (1932) I Can't Get Started (1936) Zephyr and Flora (1927) - ballet
Looking Ahead: New recording of his piano and cello concertos, written for Rubinstein and Piatigorsky now available on NAXOS (8.559286)
