The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 0810891689
- ISBN-13
- 9780810891685
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-06
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Author
- Thomas S. Hischak
Description
Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia consists of entries on people, theatre and film musicals, songs, subjects, and themes related to the composer. Not only are all of Kern’s stage and screen projects covered, but there are also entries on all the major librettists and lyricists with whom he worked, as well as producers, directors, actors, and other individuals who figured prominently in his career. Approximately 100 of Kern’s most important songs are discussed, and other entries address awards, collaborations, working methods, song styles, and other related subjects. The encyclopedia also includes a brief biography of Kern, a chronology of his life and work, and appendices on recordings, interpolations, revivals, and remakes.
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