The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter

Cole Porter, (Editor) Robert Kimball, (Foreword) John Updike

ISBN 10: 0394532147 / ISBN 13: 9780394532141

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1983

Seller Inventory # 1356984

Synopsis:

The entire body of Cole Porter's astonishing output of lyrics is brought together in this superb coffee-table collection of some 800 lyrics. It spans a *, from the time when Porter was a freshman at Yale and about to start out on a career that brought so much pleasure and happiness to so many theatregoeers and music lovers. Here are the songs from such shows as Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, Can Can, and films like Silk Stockings, Les Girls, and High Society. So many wonderful songs, including Night and Day, Begin the Beguine, You're the Top, The Life That Late I Led, Don't Fence Me In, I've Got You under My Skin, Miss Otis Regrets, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Did You Evah?, True Love, My Heart Belongs to Daddy and I Get a Kick Out of You. The man was a genius, and Robert Kimball has done a wonderful job. It is significant that John Updike, the famous American writer, was peruaded to write the forewaor --though I suspect he didn't need much persuading to praise a man of such talent. There are many pictures, too. But all you need to do is read the words, and you'll soon be singing!
Keith Farnsworth

Synopsis: This work contains the complete body of lyrics by Cole Porter, comprising 800 songs, more than half of which were previously unpublished. These lyrics demonstrate Porter's artistic development and, through their wit and "jaunty sang-froid", tell something of the times in which he flourished.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Oversized Hardcover
Condition: Good