【美国人物志】科尔·波特(一) (2/7)

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科尔·波特(Cole Porter 1891.6.9--1964.10.15),美国著名男音乐家 1891年6月9日，科尔·波特生于美国印第安纳州的秘鲁。6岁时的科尔就在母亲的辅助下开始了音乐学习。10岁时，其完成了处女作“Song of the Birds”，后又发表了多部音乐作品。童少年时代科尔所展示出的音乐天赋已使人不容小视。 高中时代与耶鲁大学的求学生涯意味着科尔·波特的音乐创作又步入一个崭新的阶段。为各种学生组织及团体创作的超过300首音乐作品是这一阶段最有据的创作历程。
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Indiana
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Yale University
New Haven
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"Yale Bulldog"
"Bingo Eli Yale."
Yale
Harvard University
Cambridge
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Cole Porter was born June 9, 1891, in the middle western state of Indiana. His family was wealthy and educated. His mother, Kate, guided him to music at an early age. He wrote his first song at the age of ten. As a young man, he was sent east to study at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In his extra time, he continued to write songs. Two were for the university: the "Yale Bulldog" song and "Bingo Eli Yale." They are still sung there today. After finishing his studies at Yale, Cole Porter went to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts to study law. That plan lasted only a year. At a party one night, he played some of his songs for the students and professors. The head of the law school spoke to him. "Why are you studying law?" he asked. "You are no good at it. Why don't you go to Harvard's Music School and then write for the musical theater?" Later, Porter said, "That idea had never entered my head before. "