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Stardust Melody:; the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael
by Sudhalter, Richard M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A bright, fine copy in fine DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
- ISBN 10
- 0195131207
- ISBN 13
- 9780195131208
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A bright, fine copy in fine DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.. Large octavo in black DJ; xiii, 432 p, b&w illus; 25 cm. "Stardust Melody follows Carmichael from his roaring-twenties Indiana youth in campus jazz bands to bandstands and recording studios across the nation, playing piano and singing alongside hot music greats Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, and close friends Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong. It illuminates his peak years in Hollywood, during which he starred in such films as To Have and Have Not and The Best Years of Our Lives and on radio, records, and TV. With insight and infinite compassion Sudhalter depicts Hoagy's triumphs and tragedies and his mounting despair as rock-and-roll drowns out, and ultimately lays waste to, the last days of his brilliant career.". "With an insider's clarity Sudhalter enters the music, exploring songs that remain fresh and appealing even while reminding us of shared, perhaps more innocent, American yesterdays. Drawing freely on Carmichael's private papers and on new interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, he reveals that "The Old Music Master" (to borrow the title of one of Hoagy's most treasured songs) was almost as gifted a wordsmith as a shaper of melodies."--BOOK JACKET. Contents: Daybreak -- Discovery -- Initiation -- Sunshine and Sock-Time -- Monk -- Bix -- Washboard Blues -- Stardust Melody -- Big Town Blues -- Coming of Age -- Bread, Gravy, and Cream -- Paradise Perceived -- Quests Failed and Fulfilled -- A Poke in His Pocket ... -- Movie Star -- Tide: Rise and Ebb -- Period of Adjustment -- Loss -- Ev'ntide. Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80596
- Title
- Stardust Melody:; the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael
- Author
- Sudhalter, Richard M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A bright, fine copy in fine DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0195131207
- ISBN 13
- 9780195131208
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Biography, Autobiography, United States, American Studies, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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