Though Duke Ellington took credit for much of Strayhorn ’ s work, he did not maliciously drown out his partner.

Though Henderson was among the first major New York jazz musicians, he was not as able to adapt to the rapidly changing style as some of his contemporaries, such as Duke Ellington.

Though he stayed with Ellington for only two years, Blanton made an incalculable contribution in changing the way the double bass was used in jazz.

Though swing music was most popular during this period, the music had actually been around since the late 1920s and early 1930s, being played by black bands led by such artists as Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Benny Moten, Cab Calloway, and Fletcher Henderson.

Though Ellington and Basie were able to keep their bands together ( the latter did briefly downsize his band ; from 1950 – 1952 ), by the end of 1946, most of their competitors were forced to disband, bringing the swing era to a close.

Though Thomas was confirmed and took a seat on the Court, Hill's testimony focused national attention on the issue of workplace sexual harassment.

Though opposed to the government of King Louis-Philippe I, he took no part in politics, but devoted himself to his pastoral work.

Though this was " fixed " at one level, another year passed before the Volunteers took an oath of allegiance to the Irish Republic and its government, " throughout August 1920 ".

Though Kepler took a dim view of the attempts of contemporary astrologers to precisely predict the future or divine specific events, he had been casting well-received detailed horoscopes for friends, family and patrons since his time as a student in Tübingen.

Though quiet by nature, he took the uncharacteristic step of urging Xerox executives to keep their California research center, Xerox PARC, afloat when the parent company was suspicious that its research center would amount to little.

Though Davis remained in bed, he was stable for the next two weeks, but took a turn for the worse in early December.

Though many delegates emerged in the East subservient to Justinian, many, especially the Monophysites, remained unsatisfied ; all the more bitter for him because during his last years he took an even greater interest in theological matters.

Though Sayers lived until 1957, she never again took up the Wimsey books after this final effort.

Though Le Corbusier's designs for Stockholm did not succeed, later architects took his ideas and partly " destroyed " the city with them.

Though some regarded as a failure as a novel, considering it little more than a disguised lecture on Heinlein's social theories, some readers took a very different view.

* Though normal television programming resumed after nearly a full week of news coverage following the attack, some daily talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O ' Brien, The Daily Show and Late Show with David Letterman took additional time before beginning to broadcast new installments, with Letterman in particular stating that he was not sure he wanted to continue to do the show.

Though the bar was not used for prostitution, drug sales and other " cash transactions " took place.

Though Democrats reinstated the disappearing quorum when they took control of the House the following year, Reed as minority leader proved so adroit at using the tactic against them that Democrats reinstated Reed Rules in 1894.

Though the Byzantines recovered control of the ravaged city a half century later, the Byzantine Empire was terminally weakened, and existed as a ghost of its old self until Sultan Mehmet The Conqueror took the city in 1453.

Though CNN had been running 24-hour newscasts since 1980, it was not until the Gulf War that the general public took large notice and others imitated CNN's non-stop news approach.

Though Kamakura Bakufu took over the police force and ruled Eastern Japan, the authority of Emperor and retired Emperors remained.

Though Fox's work has now been to some extent revised, it remains a vital record of stretches of the Dyke that still existed between 1926 and 1928, when his three field surveys took place, but that are now destroyed.

Though most of his sons became portrait painters, some of them took up still life painting or architectural studies and landscapes.

Though state banks were no longer allowed to issue notes, local bankers took advantage of less strict capital requirements ($ 10, 000 for state banks vs. $ 50, 000-200, 000 for national banks ) and opened new branches en masse.

Though she participated fully in the life of James ’ s court and maintained a court of her own, often attracting those not welcomed by James, she rarely took political sides against her husband.

Though the older brother, Napoleon, had intended for the younger brother to be little more than a French governor of Holland, Louis took his duties as the King seriously, calling himself Koning Lodewijk I ( adopting the Dutch form of his name ), attempting to learn the Dutch language, and trying hard to be a responsible, independent ruler of Holland.

Though a sense of nationalism pervaded his earliest surreal landscapes and Head of a Catalan Peasant, it wasn ’ t until Spain ’ s Republican government commissioned him to paint the mural, The Reaper, for the Spanish Republican Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exhibition, that Miró ’ s work took on a politically charged meaning.

Though Lerner and Loewe originally took Brigadoon to producer Billy Rose, Cheryl Crawford was the producer who actually brought Brigadoon to Broadway.

Though this common development took place, it neither followed a common time-line nor a cooperative path.

Though obviously talented at the piano, Ravel demonstrated a preference for composing.

Though Clementi noted in subsequent publications of his sonata that it had been written ten years before Mozart's opera — presumably to make clear who was borrowing from whom — Clementi retained an admiration for Mozart, as reflected in the large number of transcriptions he made of Mozart's music, among which is a piano solo version of the " Zauberflöte " overture.

Though a natural at the piano, Basie preferred drums.

Though Shaffer was at the piano and appeared to be directing the band's actions, Howard Shore was credited as SNLs musical director, eventually turning the actual conducting of the band to sax player Howard Johnson.

Though originally made as a child's toy, the toy piano has been used in serious classical and contemporary musical contexts.

Though, bards using piano or accordion are also known.

Though Hérold popularized his piece with a piano Rondo brilliant based on themes from the music, he was not successful in getting the ballet staged again.

Piano: Though not as prominent as the guitar, the piano is another important instrument of bossa nova ; Jobim wrote for the piano and performed on it for most of his own recordings.

Though he initially did not like noises or music as a child, when he was age six, he taught himself how to read music and began playing the piano.

Though " Cough / Cool " has not been widely covered, cover versions of " She " have appeared on two Misfits tribute albums, though these are based on later versions of the song that have guitar rather than electric piano.

Though there are conflicting reports about their death, the men are commonly thought to have been hung on meat hooks and strangled with piano wire, a painful death typically reserved for traitors and spies.

Though Rebbie had taken clarinet, piano and dance lessons in her childhood, she had no interest in a music career.

Though first performed on the piano, the piece was composed for any instrument or instruments and is structured in three movements.

Though Johnnie Johnson played on many other Chuck Berry songs, it was Lafayette Leake who played piano on this song.

Though offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for " 25 bob a week " playing piano and accordion.

Though he learned piano and violin, he was discouraged from pursuing a musical career, and entered the military.

Though it is structurally similar, harmonically it is unstable ( as another G major slow movement, that of the 16th piano concerto, had been earlier, as Girdlestone points out, and for somewhat similar reasons ), and there are several polyphonic surprises.

Though the series included activity and story songs similar to other children's records at the time, the music moves freely between country, medieval, classical, and pop, and mixes instruments like piano, synthesizers, and banjo.

Though classically trained in piano, Carmen became a self-taught guitarist.

Though he had played the piano from the age of eight, he did not devote himself to serious study of the instrument until 1987.

Though by 1984 he was able to play piano for short periods, his arm's nerves never recovered, and he " may have been in considerable pain for the rest of his life.

Though poor, the family had a piano.