Cole Porter
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English
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"When Cole Porter died in 1964, he left a treasury of unpublished songs. From it, Robert Kimball, edited of Cole, has selected 23 of the best. All of them are signed with that magical phrase that spelled show business success for over 30 years and added a new kind of sophistication to the American musical theater: Words and music by Cole Porter. Most of these songs were written for specific stage and film musicals and were dropped only because they...
19) Kiss me, Kate
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English
Description
The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and book writers Sam and Bella Spewack. Recounts the backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romances during an out-of-town tryout for a musical adaptation of The taming of the shrew.
20) Cole
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English
Description
The essay (p.[ix]-xix) is followed by a chronological collection of illustrations, correspondence, anecdotes, etc., and Cole Porter's lyrics.