COLE PORTER

[judit ionescu]

 

 

 Cole Albert Porter (6.9.1891-10.15.1964) a fost un compozitor şi textier american. Lucrarile sale includ comedii muzicale Kiss Me, Kate, cincizeci de milioane de francezi, DuBarry o doamnă şi ceva nu merge, precum si melodii ca "Night and Day", şi "I-am Got You Under My Skin". a fost remarcat pentru cantecele si vesurile sale sofisticate.  Cole Porter este unul dintre puţinii compozitori de pe Tin Pan Alley  care au scris atât versurile şi muzica pentru piesele lui.

S-a nascut in Peru, intr-o familie in care mama era fiica celui mai bogat om din Peru de aceea bunicul a dorit ca viitorul compozitor sa devina avocat.La Universitatea din Yale a devenit membru apoi presedintele cluburilor selecte de studenti. In aceasta perioada a scris aproximativ 300 de melodii. Prima melodie cu cre a cucerit Broadwayul a fost "Esmeralda"

In 1917 s-a mutat la Paris unde a avut parte de viata tumultoasa. In 1918 a cunoscut-o pe Linda Lee Thomas, cu care s-a si casatorit in anul urmator. In perioada pariziana, Porter s-a inscris la Schola Cantorum unde studiase compozitie si orchestratie. Pritre profsorii sai s-au enumerat Igor Stravinsky si Vincent d'Indy. In acelasi marele sau succes a insemnat melodia "Old-Fashioned Garden".

A revenit pe Broadway in 1928 cu muzicalul "Paris" in care a reaparut una dintre marile sale melodii

"Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)".A urmat o serie lunga de productii care au adus faima compozitorului.Iata lista compozitiilor sale:

• (1916) See America First
• (1919) Hitchy-Koo of 1919—"Old-Fashioned Garden"
• (1928) Paris—"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
• (1929) Wake Up and Dream—"What Is This Thing Called Love?"
• (1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen—"You Do Something to Me"
• (1930) The New Yorkers—"Love for Sale", "I Happen to Like New York"
• (1932) Gay Divorce—"After You, Who?", "Night And Day" (basis for film renamed The Gay Divorcee in 1934)
• (1933) Nymph Errant—"Experiment", "The Physician", "It's Bad for Me"
• (1934) Anything Goes—"All Through the Night", "Anything Goes", "Blow Gabriel, Blow", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top"
• (1934) Adios Argentina (un-produced)—"Don't Fence Me In"
• (1935) Jubilee—"Begin the Beguine", "Just One of Those Things"
• (1936) Red, Hot and Blue—"Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)", "It's De-Lovely"
• (1936) Born to Dance (film)—"You'd Be So Easy to Love", "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• (1937) Rosalie (film)—"In the Still of the Night"
• (1937) You Never Know—"At Long Last Love", "From Alpha to Omega", "Let's Misbehave"
• (1938) Leave It to Me!—"From Now On", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
• (1939) Broadway Melody Of 1940—"Between You And Me", "I Concentrate on You", "I've Got My Eyes on You", "I Happen to Be in Love", "Begin the Beguine"
• (1939) Dubarry Was A Lady—"Do I Love You?", "Well, Did You Evah!", "Friendship"
• (1940) Panama Hattie—"Let's Be Buddies", "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please"
• (1941) You'll Never Get Rich (film)—"Dream Dancing", "So Near and Yet So Far"
• (1941) Let's Face It!—"Everything I Love", "I Hate You, Darling"
• (1942) Something for the Boys—"Could It Be You"
• (1942) Something to Shout About—"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
• (1943) Mexican Hayride—"I Love You"
• (1944) Seven Lively Arts—"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
• (1946) Around the World—"Look What I Found"
• (1947) The Pirate—"Be a Clown"
• (1948) Kiss Me, Kate—"Another Op'nin', Another Show", "Brush Up Your Shakespeare", "I Hate Men", "So in Love", "Too Darn Hot"
• (1950) Out Of This World—"From This Moment On", "I Am Loved"
• (1950) Stage Fright (film)—"The Laziest Gal In Town"
• (1953) Can-Can—"I Am in Love", "I Love Paris", "C'est Magnifique"
• (1954) Silk Stockings—"All of You", "Paris Loves Lovers"
• (1955) High Society—"Mind if I Make Love to You?", "True Love", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", "You're Sensational"
• (1956) Les Girls—"Ca, C'est L'amour", "You're Just Too, Too"
• (1958) Aladdin (television)—"Opportunity Knocks But Once", "Come To The Supermarket (In Old Peking)"

Cole Porter a murit la 15 oct. 1964 in urma unui blocaj renal, la 73 de ani in Santa Monica.

 

[Vajaianu Nancy]

Ca de obicei un regal muzical completat cu informartii interesante, multumim!

[Nicoleta Cimpoae]

Toate aceste melodii au un farmec aparte! Mi-a facut placere sa le ascult din nou - pe unele ... si sa le descopar - pe altele :)
Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire: The "So Near and Yet So Far" number, from You´ll Never Get Rich. Music from Cole Porter.