Noel & Cole: The SophisticatesFirst time in Paperback! Noel Coward and Cole Porter's fascinating lives celebrated. Fresh on the heels of the popular motion picture based on Cole Porter's life called De-Lovely, Noel and Cole presents a fresh and often surprising portrait of these two geniuses. The author provides insight into both men's private lives - including a frank discussion of their homosexuality - while illuminating their musical achievements. Born an ocean apart - one in Indiana, the other in England - Cole Porter and Noel Coward have come to represent the ultimate in sophistication and urbanity. Noel and Cole will be an essential reference as well as a fascinating dual biography of two men who brought style and dazzle to the art of popular entertainment. * Based on access to previously unpublished manuscripts, lyrics, scores, and letters, plus dozens of interviews * Includes a chronology and a fifty-page section devoted to the analysis of select works |
Contents
COLE 18911909 | 8 |
NOEL 18991917 | 17 |
COLE 19091917 | 29 |
NOEL 19171921 | 40 |
COLE 19171924 | 48 |
NOEL 19211924 | 63 |
COLE 19241930 | 72 |
NOEL 19241929 | 86 |
NOEL 19451950 | 194 |
COLE 19451951 | 211 |
NOEL 19501959 | 223 |
COLE 19521964 | 238 |
NOEL 19591973 | 250 |
Postlude | 262 |
Chronology | 266 |
ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PORTER SONGS | 283 |
COLE 19301935 | 100 |
NOEL 19291932 | 114 |
COLE 19351937 | 135 |
NOEL 19331937 | 146 |
COLE 19371939 | 161 |
NOEL 19381945 | 169 |
COLE 19391944 | 182 |
ANALYSIS OF SELECTED COWARD SONGS | 310 |
Glossary of Musical Terms | 336 |
| 338 | |
Credits | 340 |
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