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Dec 27, 2014 · Composer Jerome Kern's successful music career allowed him to amass a remarkable rare books collection including works by Byron, Shelley, and Dickens.
Jun 25, 2020 · David Ewen has painted a masterful portrait of Kern—the warm and ebullient human being, the creative genius whose melodies transformed America’s taste in popular music.Here is Kern the composer as seen through the eyes of his celebrated Otto Harbach, Guy Bolton, Oscar Hammerstein II; as the creator of the memorable “Who?”, “Look for ...
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Jan 1, 1981 · Jerome Kern: A Biography. Hardcover – January 1, 1981. 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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Aug 26, 2011 · The World of Jerome Kern: A Biography Hardcover – August 26, 2011. by David Ewen (Author), Jerome Kern (Author) 4.5 12 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $2.99 Read with our free app.
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Jan 1, 2001 · 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. 182 pages, Hardcover.
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Bordman follows Kern's career from its beginnings on Broadway and London's West End before World War I to his death in 1945. He reveals how Kern's 1914 hit "They Didn't Believe Me" established the pattern for the modern popular ballad; how his famous Princess Theatre shows during World War I helped end the dominance of European musicals on ...
In what has become the biography of the father of American musical theatre, Gerald Bordman demonstrates a keen understanding and sympathy for Kern the man, as well as Kern the musician.
