A Cole Porter companion /
Balancing sophisticated melodies and irresistible rhythms with lyrics by turns cynical and passionate, Cole Porter sent American song soaring. Timeless works like 'I Get a Kick Out of You' and 'At Long Last Love' made him an essential figure in the soundtrack of a century and ear...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Music in American life
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 "What a Joy to Be Young": From Peru to Paris via Yale and Other Academies
- 1. Cole Porter at Yale / Robert Kimball
- 2. When the Little Bluebird Starts to Sing: Porter's Musical Formation / Susan Forscher Weiss
- 3. Cole Porter, European / Wilfried Van den Brande
- 4. Landed: Cole Porter's Ballet / Simon Morrison
- pt. 2 Porter the Poet and Performer
- 5. Lists of Louche Living: Music in Cole Porter's Social World / Mitchell Morris
- 6. Which Comes First, the Music or the Lyrics? "You're the Top" / Rob Kapilow
- 7. "I Hate Parading My Serenading": The Historical Record of Porter as a Performer / Eric Davis
- 8. From "Young Bears" to "Three-Letter Words": "Anything Goes," 1934
- 1962 / James Hepokoski
- 9. Keeping Faith with John Q. Public: Cole Porter, Billy Rose, and Seven Lively Arts / James O'Leary
- 10. "The Beat Beat Beat of the Tom-Tom": Cole Porter and the Exotic / Joshua S. Walden
- pt. 3 Approaches to the Analysis and Criticism of Porter's Works
- 11. Licentious Harmony and Counterpoint in Porter's "Love for Sale" / Michael Buchler
- 12. About Cole Porter's Songs / Don M. Randel
- 13. You Never Know: Anatomy of a Flop / Cliff Eisen
- 14. Consideration of Drama, Lyrics, and Musical Structure in a Porter Film: Broadway Melody of 1940 / Matthew Shaftel
- 15. Kiss Me, Kate / Lynn Laitman Siebert
- pt. 4 Materials for the Study of Cole Porter's Music
- 16. Cole Porter's Papers / Mark Eden Horowitz
- 17. Secondary Materials and the Study of Cole Porter / Gregory J. Decker.
