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4.0 out of 5 stars
The whole story,
By C.A. Arthur (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jerome Kern: His Life and Music (Paperback)
The author is a distinguished historian of American musicals. In this volume we learn not only about Jerome Kern but about the theater and music industry from the early and mid-twentieth century. Bordman has a full command of the primary and secondary sources, and it's doubtful that any other historian will attempt a more exhaustive Kern biogaphy. But there's the fault: the story is overwhelmed by details. It takes a dedicated reader to wade through the barrage of facts about Kern and the theater. I made it, but many others, I'm afraid, won't. The word "definitive," controversial as it is, may surely be used in this case. Bordman is a fine writer as well as researcher, and this helps enormously.
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Jerome Kern: His Life and Music by Gerald Martin Bordman (Paperback - November 1, 1990)
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