Composer
Vernon Duke
American composer (1903-1969)
1903–1969
29 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1969
- Birthplace
- Parafjanava
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States; Russian Empire
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Vernon Duke (10 October [O.S. 27 September] 1903 – 16 January 1969) was a Russian and American composer and songwriter, who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940); "I Can't Get Started," with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936); "April in Paris," with lyrics by E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg (1932), and "What Is There To Say," for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg.
Duke wrote the words and music for "Autumn in New York" (1934) for the revue Thumbs Up! In his book American Popular Song, The Great Innovators 1900–1950, composer Alec Wilder praises this song, writing: "The verse may be the most ambitious I've ever seen."
Duke also collaborated with lyricists Johnny Mercer, Ogden Nash, and Sammy Cahn.
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Life and musical career
- Education
- Ukrainian National Academy of Music
- Teachers
- Reinhold Glière; Boleslav Yavorsky
- Birth name
- Владимир Александрович Дукельский; Vladimir Aleksandrovitsj Dukelski; Уладзімір Аляксандравіч Дукельскі
- Pseudonym
- Vernon Duke
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 51891012
- ISNI
- 0000000081307426; 0000000368498047
- GND ID
- 10382247X
- Library of Congress ID
- n80125365
- MusicBrainz ID
- 794e6b10-e8e2-4fb1-9013-6a07564b5394
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Voice, Choir
- Genres represented
- Jazz, pop, Pop, Broadway, Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn In New York | See work details |
4 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| April In Paris | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| I Can't Get Started | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Taking A Chance On Love | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Cabin In The Sky | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I Like The Likes Of You | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Ages Ago | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Born Too Late | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Forty Second Street | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Roundabout | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Good Little Girls | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| That's What Makes Paris, Paree | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| When I Fall In Love | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Do What You Wanna Do | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| What Is There To Say? | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Out Of A Clear Blue Sky | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I Can't Get Started With You | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Happy Endings Satb | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Can't Get Started I and II [Arranged by Dizzy Gillespie, Text by Ira Gershwin] | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Am Only Human After All | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Just Like Children | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Just Like a Man | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Low and Lazy | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Madly in Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Paris in New York | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Penny for Your Thoughts | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Round About | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Suddenly | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Sweet Bye and Bye | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 51891012. Portrait: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.