Somewhere for Me A Biography of Richard Rodgers

Name: Somewhere for Me A Biography of Richard Rodgers
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ISBN: 9781557835819

ISBN-10: 1557835810

ISBN-13: 9781557835819

Edition: 2002

Authors: Meryle Secrest

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No American composer has been more widely celebrated, nor so consistently misunderstood as Richard Rodgers. Although he was one of America's most brilliant and prolific composers, whose credits include more than 900 published songs, 40 Broadway musicals and numerous films, Rodgers is widely believed to be the almost stolid opposite of who he really was. Meryle Secrest shows us for the first time his complex nature and the inspiration for his art. Looking intensely at Rodger's unparalleled career, Secrest follows his close and fruitful working relationship with Lorenz Hart, a collaboration that resulted in more than thirty musicals but was ultimately undone by Hart's alcoholism. Moving on to…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 478
Size: 6.43" wide x 9.20" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Blue Room



Only Make Believe



"My Funny Valentine"



"War Is War"



"We'll Have Manhattan"



"My Heart Stood Still"



"He's a Winner"



"With a Song in My Heart"



"Where's That Rainbow?"



"Little Girl Blue"



"The Night Boat to Albania"



"Nobody's Heart"



"Many a New Day"



"Allegro"



"So Far"



"The Man I Used to Be"



"The Sky Falls Down"



Looking Straight Ahead



The Key to the Curtain


Chronology


Notes


Index