Cole Porter |
Cole Porter
Umqambi owaziwayo waseMelika, owayesebenza ikakhulukazi ezinhlotsheni zomculo womculo nefilimu, uPorter washiya imisebenzi ehlukaniswa nekhono lobuchwepheshe, ukujula komzwelo, nokuhlakanipha. Umculo wakhe awunazo izici zokuzwela, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi ukhuphukela ezingeni lefilosofi.
Cole Porter wazalwa ngo-June 9, 1893 edolobheni elincane Peru (Indiana). Uthando lomculo lwabonakala kuye ekuqaleni: umfana wadlala upiyano ne-violin, eneminyaka eyishumi waqamba izingoma nemidanso. Le nsizwa yafunda e-Yale University School of Law, yabe isisesikoleni esineziqu zaseHarvard. Ngalesi sikhathi, uyaqaphela ukuthi indlela yakhe yokuphila eyengeziwe kufanele ixhunywe nomculo, uyeka umthetho futhi uya emnyangweni womculo. Izihlobo ezithukuthele zimphuca ifa lakhe lesigidi.
Ngo-1916, uPorter wabhala ihlaya lakhe lokuqala lomculo. Ngemva kokuhluleka kwakhe, ushiya iMelika futhi engena ebuthweni laseFrance. Uqale ukhonza eNyakatho Afrika bese kuba seFrance. U-Paris ukhanga uPorter. Ngemva kokuphela kwempi, yena, ngemva kokubuyela kafushane e-United States, waphinde waya eFrance, lapho efunda khona nomculi odumile uVincent d'Andy.
Ngo-1928, ekugcineni uPorter wabuyela eMelika. Ubhala izingoma emibhalweni yakhe yemidlalo yaseshashalazini ye-Broadway, uphendukela ku-operetta (Paris, 1928), ubhala izingoma zomculo, eziya yimpumelelo.
Ngo-1937, uPorter waphuka yomibili imilenze yakhe lapho ewa ehhashini. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili eyalandela, kwadingeka ahlinzwe ngaphezu kwamashumi amathathu. Uchithe iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe eNew York, ehhotela elidumile iWaldorf Astoria Millionaires Hotel. UCol Porter washona ngo-Okthoba 16, 1964 eCalifornia.
Phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe kunezingoma zesenzo ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu, inqwaba yezingoma zomculo nezingoma zomculo, okuhlanganisa "Look America First" (1916), "Hitchi-Koo 1919" (1919), "Paris" (1928), "Fifty Million". French” (1929), “The New Yorker” (1930), “Merry Divorce” (1932), “Everything Goes” (1934), “Jubilee” (1935), “Dubarry Was a Lady” (1939), “ Something eyabafana (1943), The Seven Fine Arts (1944), Around the World (1946), Kiss Me Kat (1948), Can-Can (1953), Silk Stockings (1955)), umculo wamafilimu, izingoma, i-ballet "Ngaphakathi kwe-Quota" (1923).
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