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- Condition
- Title
- Cole Porter: The Definitive Biography
- ISBN
- 9780006375364
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Cole Porter: the Definitive Biography
- Item Height
- 197 mm
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- Music
- Item Weight
- 355 g
- Item Width
- 130 mm
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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The definitive biography of Cole Porter -- the urbane American composer of musical comedies and of over 1000 songs -- which reveals the darker side of the star whose life and work epitomizes the romance of Cafe Society. Cole Porter -- composer of Night and Day, Easy to Love and I've Got You Under My Skin -- is familiar to three generations. His tunes conjure up romance, glamour and cultivated sensuality. William McBrien charts Porter's life, beginning on a fruit farm in Indiana and moving on to Yale, Harvard and the Paris Conservatoire. After roaming bohemian Europe for a decade with his rich and beautiful wife, Porter made his name in the 1930s with hit shows like Anything Goes. A riding accident left him in constant pain, but he continued to write shows like Kiss Me Kate and Silk Stockings until his death in 1964. McBrien contrasts Porter's refined, elegant music with the pain and passion of a life which mixed devotion to his wife with numerous homosexual love affairs. Having talked to friends and colleagues (including Bob Hope, Diana Vreeland, Stephen Sondheim) who have never spoken about him before, and researched Porter's lyrics and correspondence, McBrien makes new links between his life and work, revealing how his own particular brand of hedonism was his protection against encroaching darkness.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780006375364
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Cole Porter: the Definitive Biography
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Music
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
197 mm
Item Weight
355 g
Item Width
130 mm
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United Kingdom
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