【美国人物志】科尔·波特(二) (1/6)

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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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"Anything Goes"
Cole Porter
Caroline O'Connor
"De-Lovely"
Kevin Kline
Ashley Judd
Robbie Williams
LindaThat was a new recording of "Anything Goes", one of Cole Porter's most famous songs. Caroline O'Connor sings it in the movie about Cole Porter called "De-Lovely." Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd star in this movie about Porter's life, released in 2004. The title of the movie is from one of Porter's popular songs, "It's De-Lovely." In the song, Porter plays with words that start with the letter "d." Robbie Williams sings the song.
As we said in our program last week, Cole Porter went to live in France in 1916 before he became famous. He was a wealthy young man who was smart and funny and knew how to enjoy life. He and his wife, Linda, became well known for their costly and exciting parties.
Yet Cole Porter never let other pleasures interfere with what he loved most, writing songs. He worked hard on his songs. Both the words and music had to be perfect.