Cole Porter Companion

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Engelska, 2016

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Balancing sophisticated melodies and irresistible rhythms with lyrics by turns cynical and passionate, Cole Porter sent American song soaring on gossamer wings. 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 earned him adoration from generations of music lovers.

In A Cole Porter Companion, a parade of performers and scholars offers essays on little-known aspects of the master tunesmith''s life and art. Here are Porter''s days as a Yale wunderkind and his nights as the exemplar of louche living; the triumph of Kiss Me Kate and shocking failure of You Never Know; and his spinning rhythmic genius and a turkey dinner into "You''re the Top" while cultural and economic forces take "Ev''ry Time We Say Goodbye" in unforeseen directions. Other entries explore notes on ongoing Porter scholarship and delve into his formative works, performing career, and long-overlooked contributions to media as varied as film and ballet.

Prepared with the cooperation of the Porter archives, A Cole Porter Companion is an invaluable guide for the fans and scholars of this beloved American genius.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252098307
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

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Don M. Randel is the author of The Harvard Dictionary of Music and Musicians and former president of the University of Chicago. Matthew Shaftel is the Dean of Westminster College of the Arts at Rider University and coauthor of Aural Skills in Context: A Comprehensive Approach to Sight Singing, Ear Training, Keyboard Harmony, and Improvisation. Susan Forscher Weiss is Professor of Musicology and German & Romance Languages and Literature at The Johns Hopkins University and editor of Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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Certificate of Merit for Best Discography, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2017— Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)

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CoverTitleCopyrightContentsForeword William BolcomEditors' Preface - Don M. Randel, Matthew Shaftel, and Susan Forscher WeissPART 1. "What a Joy to Be Young": From Peru to Paris via Yale and Other Academies1. Cole Porter at Yale / Robert Kimball2. When the Little Bluebird Starts to Sing: Porter's Musical Formation / Susan Forscher Weiss3. Cole Porter, European / Wilfried Van den Brande4. Landed: Cole Porter's Ballet / Simon MorrisonPART 2. Porter the Poet and Performer5. Lists of Louche Living: Music in Cole Porter's Social World / Mitchell Morris6. Which Comes First, the Music or the Lyrics? "You're the Top" / Rob Kapilow7. "I Hate Parading My Serenading": The Historical Record of Porter as a Performer / Eric Davis8. From "Young Bears" to "Three-Letter Words": "Anything Goes," 1934–1962 / James Hepokoski9. Keeping Faith with John Q. Public: Cole Porter, Billy Rose, and Seven Lively Arts / James O'Leary10. "The Beat Beat Beat of the Tom-Tom": Cole Porter and the Exotic / Joshua S. WaldenPART 3. Approaches to the Analysis and Criticism of Porter's Works11. Licentious Harmony and Counterpoint in Porter's "Love for Sale" / Michael Buchler12. About Cole Porter's Songs / Don M. Randel13. You Never Know Anatomy of a Flop / Cliff Eisen14. A Consideration of Drama, Lyrics, and Musical Structure in a Porter Film Broadway Melody of 1940 / Matthew Shaftel15. Kiss Me, Kate / Lynn Laitman SiebertPART 4. Materials for the Study of Cole Porter's Music16. Cole Porter's Papers / Mark Eden Horowitz17. Secondary Materials and the Study of Cole Porter / Gregory J. DeckerSelected Bibliography / Gregory J. DeckerAbout the ContributorsIndex