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Selected Lyrics by Cole Porter β€” book cover

Selected Lyrics

by Cole Porter, Robert Kimball
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Overview

Elegantly risque, suffused with understated emotion, delightful in their bursts of comic invention, the witty and romantic lyrics of Cole Porter evoke a golden age of song. Here is the cream of half a century of songwriting, from the Jazz Age resonance of "Let's Misbehave" to such 50s classics as "Too Darn Hot" and "It's All Right With Me"-more than ninety of the most enduring works of America's master of bittersweet sophistication.

Synopsis

Elegantly risque, suffused with understated emotion, delightful in their bursts of comic invention, the witty and romantic lyrics of Cole Porter evoke a golden age of song. Here is the cream of half a century of songwriting, from the Jazz Age resonance of "Let's Misbehave" to such 50s classics as "Too Darn Hot" and "It's All Right With Me"-more than ninety of the most enduring works of America's master of bittersweet sophistication.

The New York Times - David Barber

For those hankering after a happy medium between American poetry and American Idolatry, Kimball's reading edition affords a golden opportunity to brush up on your Porter just be sure to listen up, too, if you really want to be wowed.

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David Barber

For those hankering after a happy medium between American poetry and American Idolatry, Kimball's reading edition affords a golden opportunity to brush up on your Porter β€” just be sure to listen up, too, if you really want to be wowed.
β€” The New York Times

Book Details

Published
April 1, 2006
Publisher
Library of America
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781931082945

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