Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe

Name: Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe
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ISBN: 9780803280403

ISBN-10: 0803280408

ISBN-13: 9780803280403

Edition: 2005

Authors: Gene Lees

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Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-86) and composer Frederick Loewe (1901-88) wrote some of the most successful musical shows on Broadway and in motion-picture history: Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, and Paint Your Wagon. They worked with stars such as Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Audrey Hepburn, Louis Jourdan, and Robert Goulet. Lerner was raised on Park Avenue, attended Choate and Harvard, lost sight in one eye from a boxing injury, and was legendary for his eight marriages and countless affairs on the side. Loewe was born in Vienna and in 1925 came to New York, where he played piano in silent-movie theaters. After a brief career as a boxer and then as a Montana…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 7/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Gene Lees is the publisher of the Jazzletter. He is also a song lyricist and the author of more than a dozen volumes of jazz history and criticism.



Preface



The Modes of Music



Fritz: The Early Years



Alan: The Early Years



On To Brigadoon



An American in Paris



Oscar Night



Pascal and Pygmalion



The Creation of a Classic



Fears and Hesitations



The Show Does Go on



My Fair Lady



Maybe the Chandeliers



Gigi



The Road To Camelot



Troubles in Toronto



Camelot Recovered



Fritz Walks Away



Drugs and Divorce



On a Clear Day



Paint Your Wagon: The Movie



Coco



Disaster with Bernstein



The Last Musical



Fallen Angel



Final Days



A Legacy of Songs


Afterword


Bibliography


Index