2002, ISBN: 9780375401640

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. VG/VG. 2002. ........ Cloth/Boards w/DJ. 8vo., 356pp. ., Oxford University Press, 2002, 3, New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 p… Mehr…

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. VG/VG. 2002. ........ Cloth/Boards w/DJ. 8vo., 356pp. ., Oxford University Press, 2002, 3, New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Everywhere regarded as one of our most brilliant composers--more than nine hundred published songs, forty Broadway musicals, numerous films, every award conceivable--Richard Rodgers, the man, has nonetheless been consistently misunderstood--seen as the almost stolid opposite of what he really was. Now Meryle Secrest--biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein--brings her extraordinary skills to this full-scale life of Rodgers. She shows us for the first time the complexities of his nature, his emotional fault lines, and, most important, the wellsprings of his art. She writes of his childhood and how he learned at an early age to mask his feelings, escaping into the world of operetta--of Franz Lehar and Jerome Kern. She follows his close and wonderfully productive working relationship with Lorenz Hart--a collaboration that resulted in more than thirty Broadway and West End musicals, including Babes in Arms and Pal Joey, but was ultimately undone by Harts drinking. She evokes Rodgerss triumphant second collaboration, with the gifted--and happily stable--Oscar Hammerstein, which gave us Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and more. She explores Rodgerss own problems with alcohol as well as his periodic breakdowns; and she illuminates the deep-rooted tensions that underlay his forty-nine-year marriage to Dorothy Feiner. Somewhere for Me is both a lively portrait of the American musical theatre and a revelation of the brilliant, passionate, moody, and mercurial artist who was one of its greatest figures. / Meryle Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England, and now lives in Washington, D.C. She has written biographies of Romaine Brooks, Bernard Berenson, Kenneth Clark, and Salvador Dal , among others." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001, 5<

2001, ISBN: 0375401644

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[EAN: 9780375401640], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, New York], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First E… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780375401640], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, New York], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Everywhere regarded as one of our most brilliant composers--more than nine hundred published songs, forty Broadway musicals, numerous films, every award conceivable--Richard Rodgers, the man, has nonetheless been consistently misunderstood--seen as the almost stolid opposite of what he really was. Now Meryle Secrest--biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein--brings her extraordinary skills to this full-scale life of Rodgers. She shows us for the first time the complexities of his nature, his emotional fault lines, and, most important, the wellsprings of his art. She writes of his childhood and how he learned at an early age to mask his feelings, escaping into the world of operetta--of Franz Lehar and Jerome Kern. She follows his close and wonderfully productive working relationship with Lorenz Hart--a collaboration that resulted in more than thirty Broadway and West End musicals, including Babes in Arms and Pal Joey, but was ultimately undone by Harts drinking. She evokes Rodgerss triumphant second collaboration, with the gifted--and happily stable--Oscar Hammerstein, which gave us Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and more. She explores Rodgerss own problems with alcohol as well as his periodic breakdowns; and she illuminates the deep-rooted tensions that underlay his forty-nine-year marriage to Dorothy Feiner. Somewhere for Me is both a lively portrait of the American musical theatre and a revelation of the brilliant, passionate, moody, and mercurial artist who was one of its greatest figures. / Meryle Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England, and now lives in Washington, D.C. She has written biographies of Romaine Brooks, Bernard Berenson, Kenneth Clark, and Salvador Dal , among others." - Publisher. Size: 8vo, Books<

2001, ISBN: 9780375401640

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "Everywhere regarded a… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "Everywhere regarded as one of our most brilliant composers--more than nine hundred published songs, forty Broadway musicals, numerous films, every award conceivable--Richard Rodgers, the man, has nonetheless been consistently misunderstood--seen as the almost stolid opposite of what he really was. Now Meryle Secrest--biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein--brings her extraordinary skills to this full-scale life of Rodgers. She shows us for the first time the complexities of his nature, his emotional fault lines, and, most important, the wellsprings of his art. She writes of his childhood and how he learned at an early age to mask his feelings, escaping into the world of operetta--of Franz Lehar and Jerome Kern. She follows his close and wonderfully productive working relationship with Lorenz Hart--a collaboration that resulted in more than thirty Broadway and West End musicals, including Babes in Arms and Pal Joey, but was ultimately undone by Harts drinking. She evokes Rodgerss triumphant second collaboration, with the gifted--and happily stable--Oscar Hammerstein, which gave us Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and more. She explores Rodgerss own problems with alcohol as well as his periodic breakdowns; and she illuminates the deep-rooted tensions that underlay his forty-nine-year marriage to Dorothy Feiner. Somewhere for Me is both a lively portrait of the American musical theatre and a revelation of the brilliant, passionate, moody, and mercurial artist who was one of its greatest figures. / Meryle Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England, and now lives in Washington, D.C. She has written biographies of Romaine Brooks, Bernard Berenson, Kenneth Clark, and Salvador Dalí, among others." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001, 4<

2001, ISBN: 9780375401640

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the fi… Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001. xv, 457 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Everywhere regarded as one of our most brilliant composers--more than nine hundred published songs, forty Broadway musicals, numerous films, every award conceivable--Richard Rodgers, the man, has nonetheless been consistently misunderstood--seen as the almost stolid opposite of what he really was. Now Meryle Secrest--biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein--brings her extraordinary skills to this full-scale life of Rodgers. She shows us for the first time the complexities of his nature, his emotional fault lines, and, most important, the wellsprings of his art. She writes of his childhood and how he learned at an early age to mask his feelings, escaping into the world of operetta--of Franz Lehar and Jerome Kern. She follows his close and wonderfully productive working relationship with Lorenz Hart--a collaboration that resulted in more than thirty Broadway and West End musicals, including Babes in Arms and Pal Joey, but was ultimately undone by Harts drinking. She evokes Rodgerss triumphant second collaboration, with the gifted--and happily stable--Oscar Hammerstein, which gave us Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and more. She explores Rodgerss own problems with alcohol as well as his periodic breakdowns; and she illuminates the deep-rooted tensions that underlay his forty-nine-year marriage to Dorothy Feiner. Somewhere for Me is both a lively portrait of the American musical theatre and a revelation of the brilliant, passionate, moody, and mercurial artist who was one of its greatest figures. / Meryle Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England, and now lives in Washington, D.C. She has written biographies of Romaine Brooks, Bernard Berenson, Kenneth Clark, and Salvador Dal , among others." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2001, 5<