The Letters of Cole Porter 9780300219272, 030021927X
The first comprehensive collection of the letters of one of the most successful American songwriters of the twentieth ce
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English Pages xiii, 662 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Year 2019
Table of contents :
From Peru, Indiana, to Broadway, 1891-1919 --
Cole Porter in Europe, 1918-1928 --
Porter's return to the United States, 1928-1937 --
Settled - and injured - in New York, 1937-1944 --
A Porter biopic and two flops, 1945-1947 --
Kiss me, Kate, 1948 --
From Kiss me, Kate to Out of this world, 1949-1950 --
From limbo to the writing of Can-can, 1951-1952 --
Two last Broadway hits, Can-can and Silk stockings, 1953-1954 --
Porter's last musicals, 1955-1957 --
The final years, 1958-1964.
