Jerome Kern - Softcover
Captures Kern's many-faceted personality--influential songwriter, collector of rare books, stamps, and coins, and brilliant conversationalist--and recreates the sparkling musical era in which he lived
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Contrary to Tin Pan Alley legend, Kern was not the son of poor immigrant parents; his folks were solidly upper-middle and keen racing fans. This bio of the composer of "Showboat" and "Irene" is thoroughgoing and highly readable, if marred here and there by such cliches as "life was not all bliss." We go from his career as song-plugger, to his career as songwriter and composer of full-length book musicals that were advanced for their day. Unlike the '40s bio Till the Clouds Roll By, this book stresses Kern's sometimes cunning cleverness, his outsized ambitions and his "vindictiveness." (Wife Eva would sit at home while Jerry attended all-night parties; the songwriter was also fond of the gaming tables.) Recommended for diehard show-biz fans and pop-culture cravers.
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- PublisherRobson Books Ltd
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0860513394
- ISBN 13 9780860513391
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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