Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
- Flinn, Caryl
- Date:
- [2007], ©2007
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.
Physical description
xiv, 542 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series
Notes
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."
Contents
Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule -- The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 437-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index.
"Stage work": p. 443-461.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.