...This chapter looks at the work of Cole Porter. It begins with an extended commentary of his career, followed by details on productions, with data and song information. Porter was born on the banks of the Wabash. His maternal grandfather, J. O. Cole, was a hard-headed merchant who struck it rich...

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... Wilder Alec Cole Porter Kiss Me Kate Broadway musicals songwriters songwriting No examination of Cole Porter’s contributions would be complete without an assessment of his acknowledged masterpiece, Kiss Me, Kate. Written in 1948, it holds a unique place in Porter’s career...

...This chapter presents the author's reflections as the archivist for the Cole Porter Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress. He shares are some of the things that touched and fascinated him from that collection. He says that Porter's manuscripts and papers are a near...

... inordinately pleased to find that some of his improbably poetic lyrics were selected for inclusion in the Oxford Anthology of Light Verse, along with lyrics by Cole Porter, Howard Dietz, Yip Harburg, and others. The golden age of popular song, as John Updike reminds us in his tribute to Cole Porter, was also...

...This chapter highlights the prominent gay performers in the 1930s. It starts with Eva Le Gallienne, who instituted the revolving-repertory model on Broadway and founded the Civic Repertory Theatre. Meanwhile, Cole Porter has been recognized as one of the most cynical hetero-married gays as his...

...As historians have begun to consider the movie musical along with the stage musical, this book explores just how influential such writers as Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and Stephen Sondheim have been when they moved from Broadway to Hollywood. Are the welcomed...

...Balancing sophisticated melodies and irresistible rhythms with lyrics by turns cynical and passionate, Cole Porter sent American song soaring. Timeless works like I Get a Kick Out of You and At Long Last Love made him an essential figure in the soundtrack...

... songs. The pleasant, consistent pop album included love songs, novelty songs, and even a Cole Porter tune. Harrison’s subsequent album, 1979’s George Harrison, largely featured weaker material and was stylistically inconsistent, ironic given that it was Harrison’s first album since...

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...American Popular Song. Alec Wilder, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2022. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190939946.003.0007 It is ironic that although Cole Porter had a thorough musical education—far more than most composers—he is best remembered for his saucy lyrics...

...This chapter addresses the British musical in the 1970s and 1980s. The review (of old music) replaced the revue, as can be seen in the mermaid's Cowardy Custard (1972) and Cole (1974), which were both stylish recapitulations of Noël Coward and Cole Porter. They had...

...Think, when we talk of poetry, you see Shakespeare? Here, in proud America? This chapter traces how his various treasures have been turned, generation by generation, into often contradictory practices—by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, by T. S. Eliot and Gertrude Stein, by Cole Porter and Louis...

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... make it possible to reconcile Porter's reputation as a performer with the evidence he left behind but also give us a rare opportunity to gain some insight into the interpretive qualities Porter was accustomed to and was able to bring out in the performance of his music. Cole Porter Collection Yale...

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