【美国人物志】科尔·波特(二) (2/6)

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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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"I Get a Kick Out of You"Porter gained fame as a musical theater writer by the early 1930s. His musical plays were produced in Broadway theaters in New York City. He had a new musical every year or so during the years of America's great economic depression. His words and music gave people a few hours of pleasurable escape during difficult times.
Some critics still consider one of Porter's early musical plays, "Anything Goes," to be his best. "Anything Goes" opened on Broadway in 1934. It starred one of Porter's favorite singers, Ethel Merman. She sang a song that became famous immediately. It was called "I Get a Kick Out of You." That expression means I enjoy being with you.