[Dixielandjazz] Ellington the hunter?

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/10/05 1:06:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
mcvouty78 at hotmail.com writes:

>  He wonders if Ellington played the
> hunting horn, if he ever wrote for the instrument, and any other info about
> the photo you could share.  In the immortal words of Anna Russell, referring
> to the preposterous events in Wagner's Ring, "I'm not making this up, you
> know."
> 
> 
> Ed Danielson
> 
> 

I can't swear by it Ed, but seems I have heard that Ellington may have 
written
How much is that Doggie in the Window as a Hunting Horn symphony, but the 
tune was ripped off and made into a pop song.   As was his original Hound Dog 
Blues,   A Bone e Fide  Hit of it's day.

Other songs in the third movement included "A Hunting We Will Go" ripped off 
as a nursery rhyme.

:))

Cheers,

Tom who plays "Hunter Green Drums" with a hunting horn mounted on top.