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American poets project volume 21
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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"Cole Porter possessed to a singular degree the art of expressing depth through apparent frivolity. The effervescent wit and technical bravura of his songs are matched by their unguarded revelations of feeling. Of the masters of 20th-century American songwriting, Porter was one of the few who wrote both music and lyrics, and, even in the absence of his melodies, his words distill an unmistakable mixture of poignancy and wit that marks him as a genius...
Author
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
"When Cole Porter died in 1964, he left a treasury of unpublished songs.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...
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