About this title: A new edition to commemorate the legendary composer's 100th birthday. From Oklahoma! to Carousel , The Sound of Music to The King and I , the sights and sounds of Broadway were dominated by Richard Rodgers for the better part of the twentieth century. "A memoir worthy of one of the great names in the American theater" ( Washington Post ), it's packed with backstage tales of everyone's favorite musicals, and features new material by his daughter Mary Rodgers and distinguished theater critic John Lahr.
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Description: Good. 0394475968 Light stains front and back flyleaves and page edges. Cover shows light to moderate wear. Interior & spine evidence little use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394475967ISBN:0394475968
Description: Good in Good jacket. Foxing to top of page ends. Light rubs to dust cover. Rub to dust cover along spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394475967ISBN:0394475968
Description: Good. 1975 Random house edition. Hardback with worn D/J. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee all books we sell. binding tight. no writing or highlighting. Some wear to D/J. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee all books we sell.. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394475967ISBN:0394475968
Description: Good. Autobiography of Richard Rodgers. With torn D/J. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee all books we sell.. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House NY
Date Published: 1975
Description: Good. HC 1975 DJ has moderate wear with creasing & ripping on edges. Text is clean. Spine is tight. Shipping confirmation. Shipping confirmation. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1975
Description: Acceptable-See Description. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover Writing inside front cover. Light wear to book. Jacket is folded inside back of book, and is in poor condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394475967ISBN:0394475968
Description: Good in Poor dust jacket. 0394475968. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed. Enjoy! ; Book Club Edition; 341 pages. read more
Binding: Hdbk with Paper Cvrs & Bdg.
Publisher: Random House, N Y
Date Published: 1975
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Bk & DJ with some edgewear & bumping. Frt free endpaper clipped. DJ price clipped. Autobiography of one of the greatest composers of music for theatre, stage & screen. 341 pgs. read more
"The best thing about an autobiography is that it doesn't usually end with a death! (although in the "centenary edition" I was reading, there was an afterword that covered the last years of Rodgers' life). The worst thing is that you usually only get half the picture, if that, especially if the author is, as Rodgers obviously was, fairly conservative, conventional and private. What I enjoyed most about this book were the passages where he detailed the kind of thinking that went into the composition of specific musical passages and how they related to the lyrics. It was delightful to have a little score right on the page illustrating some point about emphasis or internal rhyme and showing just how very craftsmanlike the whole process of composition was for him. It was interesting, too, how very much he obviously disliked the movie business, and I was surprised to learn he had nothing to do with any of the famous movies of his musicals after Oklahoma and State Fair. The gossip-lover in me would have liked more scuttlebutt, I must admit, about his associates (especially, of course, Larry Hart; and the apparently less-than-ideal working relationship with Stephen Sondheim as well). But there you go - that's why there's more than one book in the world! I shall have to read some more musical theatre biographies now."
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