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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
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Named Person: | Frank Loesser; Frank Loesser; Frank Loesser; Frank Loesser |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Laurence Riis; Geoffrey Holden Block |
ISBN: | 9780300110517 0300110510 |
OCLC Number: | 123029630 |
Description: | xix, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Juvenile poet, Hollywood lyricist, wartime songwriter -- The first Broadway hit: Where's Charley? -- The Broadway composer arrives: Guys and dolls -- Just don't call it opera: The most happy fella -- Another way to write a Broadway hit: How to succeed in business without really trying -- The unknown Loesser: Greenwillow, Pleasures and palaces, Señor discretion himself -- The legacy of Frank Loesser. |
Series Title: | Yale Broadway masters. |
Responsibility: | Thomas L. Riis ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block. |
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"Frank Loesser was that rare bird: a skillful stage composer and brilliant writer of song lyrics. Riis's deeply researched and musically astute study shows us what makes a great show such as Guys and Dolls tick."-Ralph P. Locke, Professor of Musicology, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester -- Ralph P. Locke "This superb, imaginative songwriter has finally received the biography he deserves."-Gerald Bordman, author of American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle -- Gerald Bordman "Any musical theater fan or scholar can enjoy this delightful read, just as lighthearted and cheerful as a Loesser song."-Alexandre Badue, Music Research Forum -- Alexandre Badue Music Research Forum Read more...


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- Loesser, Frank, -- 1910-1969.
- Composers -- United States -- Biography.
- Loesser, Frank.
- Compositeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
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- United States.
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