Jerry Herman - by Stephen Citron (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This revealing and comprehensive book tells the full story of Herman's life and career, from his early work in cabaret to his recent compositions for stage, screen, and television. 40 halftones.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The memoirs of Ernest Forssgren (1894-1970), the young Swede who served as Marcel Proust's last valet, provide new insights into Proust's life and death. Previously, Forssgren's memoir has been published only in excerpts, in French, with serious omissions and alterations. <br> This book presents the complete text of the memoir, with an introduction and helpful annotations by the distinguished Proust scholar William C. Carter. Also included here is other new material: the inscriptions that Proust wrote for Forssgren's copy of "Swann's Way;" an important telegram that Proust sent Forssgren, which defines with greater precision the novelist's activities in the final months of his life; Forssgren's "Summary" of the first English biography of Proust, by George D. Painter, which provides many new details about Proust's last trip to Cabourg in 1914 and his attempts at seducing young men of the servant class; and the notes that Forssgren made in his copy of Painter's biography.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This is an extraordinary and invaluable work about the extraordinary and invaluable talent Jerry Herman. Any lover of the musical theatre should be grateful to add it to their library. I know I am.--Fred Ebb, Lyricist <br><br><br>"Should be required reading for anyone who has ever enjoyed a comic lyric or a brassy piece of melody from Hello, Dolly!, Mame or La Cage aux Folles. It's a splendid biography, festooned with a generous analysis of his libretto and compositions. Herman's imperishable spirit is all here in this personal, sharp-as-tacks portrait of a composer-lyricist whose heart--and archive--seems to have been an open book."--Randy Gener, <i>American Theatre</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Stephen Citron</b> is well known for shedding fresh light on the American musical theater and the artists who inhabit it. His previous books include <i>Songwriting, The Musical from the Inside Out, </i>and biographies of Noël Coward, Cole Porter, Alan Jay Lerner, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.</p>
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