| Description |
xxii, 370 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Music in American life
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Music in American life.
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| Note |
Various authors. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-352) and index. |
| Contents |
Forward / Willilam Bolcom -- Editor's preface / Don M. Randel, Matthew Shaftel, and Susan Forscher Weiss -- Part 1. What a joy to be young: from Peru to Paris via Yale and other academies. Cole Porter at Yale / Robert Kimball ; When the little bluebird starts to sing: Porter's musical formation / Susan Forscher Weiss ; Cole Porter, European / Wilfried Van den Brande ; Landed: Cole Porter's Ballet / Simon Morrison -- Part 2. Porter the poet and performer. Lists of louche living: music in Cole Porter's social world / Mitchell Morris ; Which comes first, the music or the lyrics? / Rob Kapilow ; I hate parading my serenading: the historical record of Porter as a performer / Eric Davis ; From Young bears to Three-letter words: Anything goes, 1934-1962 / James Hepokoski ; Keeping faith with John Q. Public: Cole Porter, Billy Rose, and Seven lively arts / James O'Leary ; Beat beat beat of the tom-tom: Cole Porter and the exotic / Joshua S. Walden -- Part 3. Approaches to analysis and criticism of Porter's works. Licentious harmony and couterpoint in Porter's Love for sale / Michael Buchler ; About Cole Porter's songs / Don M. Randel ; You never know: anatomy of a flop / Cliff Eisen ; A consideration of drama, lyrics, and musical structure in a Porter film: Broadway melody of 1940 / Matthew Shaftel ; Kiss me, Kate / Lynn Laitman Siebert -- Part 4. Materials for the study of Cole Porter's music. Cole Porter's papers / Mark Eden Horowitz ; Secondary materials and the study of Cole Porter / Gregory J. Decker. |
| Subject |
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Porter, Cole 1891-1964. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Randel, Don Michael, editor.
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Shaftel, Matthew R., editor.
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Weiss, Susan Forscher, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Cole Porter companion Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016 9780252098307 (DLC) 2016004237 |
| ISBN |
9780252040092 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0252040090 |
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9780252081583 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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0252081587 |
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9780252098307 |
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