8. Cole Porter Flashcards
Cole porter was born to a _____family in _____ , Indiana
wealthy; Peru
_______was one of the major songwriters for the Musical stage
Cole Porter
In 1937, Cole Porter suffer a serious _______________
horseback riding accident
Cole Porter’s most successful musical was _________. It won a ____________
“Kiss Me, Kate”; Tony Award for Best Musical Based on Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”
Porter’s best known song may have been _________
“Night and Day”
The movie,________ was a largely fictional biography of Cole Porter
“Night and Day”
At Yale, Porter wrote several fight songs including __________
“Bulldog”
Cole Porter was an ____________ and ____________
Am Composer; Songwriter
Cole musicals included _____________,_____________,____________,_________
Kiss Me, Kate; Du Barry was a Lady; Anything Goes, Can-Can; Silk Stockings
Cole Porter’s numerous hits included _____,_____,_____,_____
Night and Day; Begin the Bequine; I get a Kick Out of You; Well Did You Evah; I’ve Got You Under My Skin My Heart belongs to Daddy; You’re the Top
Cole Porter’s _____ helped him learn violin, piano, and write an operetta at age _____.
Mother; Violin- age 6; piano-age 8, Operetta- Age 10
Cole Porter composed for films such as ____________,_________,______,______
Born to Dance with song “You’d Be So Easy to Love”; Rosalie with featured the song “In the Still of the Night High Society including Songs “ True Love” and “Leo Girls”
Cole Porter’s father was a pharmacist and a _______. He also was a novelist and Pianist, but was not close to his son.
Poet
J.O, Cole Porter’s grandfather, wanted Cole to become a _______. Cole was class valedictorian at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts.
lawyer
Cole Porter attended _______ University and was president of the _____ ______.
Yale, Yale Glee Club
In 1915, Porter’s 1st song on Broadway was _______
“Esmeralda” Which appeared in the Revue, Hand’s Up
In 1917, POrter went to live in _____. He may or may not have been a member of the _______.
Paris; French Foreign Legion
Cole Porter gave many extravagant and lavish _______
parties
In Paris, Porter was enrolled in the ____________________ where he studied orchestration and counterpoint with Vincent d’Indy
Schola Cantorum
Porter’s 1st big hit was ___________ from the revue, Hitchy-Koo in 1919
“Old Fashioned Garden”
At age 36, Had his 1st musical Broadway hit, _______, which was _________.
Cole Porter Musical-Paris
“____________” was a Porter song made popular by __________.
“Don’t Fence Me IN” Roy Rogers
Cole Porter was injured in a horse- back riding accident. Many years later he had to…
Have his right leg amputated
At the Broadway Premier or opening night of Broadway Shows featuring Cole Porter songs, his wife presented him with…
Fancy jeweled cigarette cases
