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Cole Porter: A Biography
Charles Schwartz
Paperback: 365 pages
Da Capo Press; 1st Pbk edition
May 1, 1979
ISBN: 0306800977
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Cole Porter was the epitome of urbanity and elegance, just like his music and lyrics. His social life at home and abroad was dazzling. Schwartz offers the reader an intimate and revealing portrait of this fascinating, extraordinary man. With regard to jazz standards, only five men can claim credit for writing more songs than Cole Porter. For years, this was the Porter biography you would most likely find in a bookstore, written for popular appeal, focusing on Porter’s life and times and less on his music and lyrics. Charles Schwartz is a professor of music, the composer of “Jazz Symphony, Professor Jive,” and the author of Gershwin: His Life and Music.
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