Jerome Kern /

Jerome Kern /

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A founding father of the modern American musical, Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was the composer of legions of popular songs, including such standards as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "Ol' Man River." His 1927 Show Boat with Oscar Hammerstein II helped to set a new standard for mu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Banfield, Stephen, 1951- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Banfield, Stephen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Block, Geoffrey (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Kern, Jerome (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]
New Haven, CT : [2022]
Series:Yale Broadway Masters Series
Subjects:
Composers > United States > Biography
Composers
MUSIC / General
United States
Biographies
Dictionaries
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editorial Method
  • Chapter 1. Introducing Kern
  • Chapter 2. Kern and Musical Comedy
  • Chapter 3. Kern the Romantic: Three Shows
  • Chapter 4. Mostly Hammerstein
  • Chapter 5. Kern and Hollywood
  • List of Works
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Permissions
  • General Index
  • Index of Kern's Works
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editorial Method
  • Chapter 1. Introducing Kern
  • Chapter 2. Kern and Musical Comedy
  • Chapter 3. Kern the Romantic: Three Shows
  • Chapter 4. Mostly Hammerstein
  • Chapter 5. Kern and Hollywood
  • List of Works by Jerome Kern
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Permissions
  • General Index
  • Index of Kern's Works

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