Somewhere For Me: Richard Rogers - Softcover

Secrest, Meryle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747558256 ISBN 13: 9780747558255

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002

Synopsis

The life of composer Richard Rodgers encapsulates the very essence of New York and London high society during the first half of the twentieth century and his brilliant twenty-five year collaboration with Lorenz Hart gave rise to songs that will live forever: "Manhattan", "The Lady is a Tramp", and "Blue Moon" are just a few of them. He later collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II and together they wrote classics such as "Oklahoma", "South Pacific", "Carousel", "The King And I" and "The Sound Of Music". In her outstanding biography, "Secrest" sets the scenes for five decades of American musical history. It is also the intriguing portrait of a complex man: personable, sunny and seductive. Though riddled with insecurities, he was a composer unequalled, not just for longevity but output - thirty-nine musicals, more than a thousand songs, rediscovered and adored by successive generations around the world.

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Review:

'If they were handing out bouquets for industry, Meryle Secrest would be awash in them. Her biography is as meticulous as painstaking' -- Herald

'Secrest is a great storyteller and as a result, Rodgers emerges here greater than we thought him' -- Spectator

'Secrest tells her story well ... absorbing' -- Sunday Telegraph

From the Publisher:

A biography of Richard Rodgers, composer of 'The Lady is a Tramp' and 'Blue Moon', amongst other classics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0747558256
• ISBN 13: 9780747558255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480