Something for anyone to get a kick out of!Cole Porter: The Definitive Songbook - The Platinum Collection presents 50 classic songs by one of America’s foremost songwriters arranged for Piano and Voice with Guitar chords. All songs have been newly engraved thoroughly researched and edited to provide the best edition available. The list of songs includes the immortal pieces I Get A Kick Out Of You I’ve Got You Under My Skin and Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) popularised by swing legends such as Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.Cole Porter was celebrated not only for the craftsmanship and beauty of hismusic but for the wit and sophistication of his lyrics which he wrote himself a talent that set him apart from other songwriters of the time. Thanks to his early musical training he’d been responsible for six full productions and some 300 songs by the time he finished his education at Yale at the age of 22. His legacy is an almost unbelievable treasure-house of great songs witty catchy frivolous and deep they represent the very highest achievement of the songwriter’s art.This glorious journey through 50 of the best Cole Porter songs will add to any musician’s repertoire and will delight both performers and audiences everywhere.

Porter Cole's 100th Anniversary Book for Piano and vocals includes works from the 2018-2021 ABRSM Singing syllabus.

L?auteur-compositeur américain Cole Porter (1891-1964) est initié au piano dès son plus jeune âge. Plus tard il suit un cursus universitaire à Yale puis à Paris. Sa vie a suscité bien des commentaires. En 1918 il épouse Linda Lee Thomas. Le couple partage sa vie entre Paris Venise New York et Hollywood où Cole Porter se consacre à la composition de musiques de films. Le mariage est heureux en dépit de l?homosexualité notoire de Cole Porter. En 1937 il est victime d?un grave accident qui le laisse handicapé à vie. Cole Porter restera meurtri par cette expérience. Son épouse meurt en 1954. Quatre ans plus tard il est amputé de la jambe droite. Son appétit de vivre et saflamme créatrice s?éteignent. Il meurt en 1964.Cole Porter a composé de superbes chansons et comédies musicales dont certaines sont encore très appréciées de nos jours. Il suffit d?évoquer I?ve Got You Under My Skin ou Every Time We Say Goodbye. Sa musique a été reprise par de nombreux artistes : des crooners et grandes vedettes du jazz telles que Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald et Oscar Peterson aux cantatrices Renée Fleming et Kiri Te Kanawa. Certains artistes pop notamment U2 ou Tom Waits ont également fait une incursion dans son riche répertoire.So in Love est une chanson romantique extraite de la comédie musicale Kiss Me Kate (1948).

One of the most enduring songwriters of all time the music of Cole Porter has been transcribed for countless instruments over the years. It's impossible to imagine the world of Jazz without such sophisticated standards as Love For Sale and Night And Day whilst modern film television and advertising is overflowing with reworkings of Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye You Do Something To Me and I Get A Kick Out Of You.Now it's your turn! Twenty Porter classics have been cleverly arranged for the early Piano player in accessible and easy versions. The complete songs are presented with full lyrics chord symbols and helpful suggested fingering. Thisis your chance to add the timeless music of Cole Porter to your repertoire at an early stage and experience the wonderful benefits of mastering these true favourites.

Ballet Suite-Cole Porter's only attempt at a “serious” composition came with the ballet score Within the Quota when Darius Milhaud suggested Porter as a composer to pair with his La Création du monde.Both pieces were rapturously received by the Parisian press at the October 1923 premiere at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Cole Porter later believed the score to be lost. In 1970 the score was discovered at Yale from which William Bolcom and Richard Rodney Bennett created this two-Piano version.The ballet is about an immigrant to New York who encounters a seductive heiress atap-dancer a flapper a cowboy and a movie star beauty. Two copies needed for performance.

The musical De-Lovely celebrated the songs of Cole Porter and these songs have now been skilfully crafted into this show-stopping medley for brass band by Philip Harper. With melodies that include the delightful Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) and the suave Begin the Beguine this concert piece is full of swing swagger and the heart-warming nostalgia of these evergreen favourites. Brass Band Grade 4: Advanced Youth and 3rd Section Duration: 8 minutes

John Berry has taken this Cole Porter favorite and converted it into a real powerhouse chart for big band. Not just a re-hash of the version recorded by Buddy Rich this exciting treatment alternates between Latin and swingstyles and features crisp ensemble writing throughout. Included is a solo for trumpet and a swingin' soli for the saxes.