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A founding father of the modern American musical Jerome Kern 18851945 wasthe composer of legions of popular songs including such standards as SmokeGets in Your Eyes and Ol Man River. His 1927 Show Boat with OscarHammerstein II helped to set a new standard for musical theatre. This book isthe first to provide a critical overview of Kerns musical accomplishmentsthroughout his career. Stephen Banfield ranges from Broadway to Hollywood andto Londons West End drawing on unpublished manuscripts and scores to assessthe composers extraordinary oeuvre. Kerns life personality and workingmethods are given due attention as is the development of his work from theearly musical comedies through the collaborations with Hammerstein and P. G.Wodehouse up to the later film scores. Banfield focuses especially on themusical and lyrical structures of Kerns compositions illuminating belovedworks and shedding light on compositions often overlooked. «
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