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Brass diva the life and legends of Ethel Merman

Title
Brass diva [electronic resource] : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
Author
Flinn, Caryl.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 542 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill.
Uniform Title
Brass diva (Online)
Alternative Title
Brass diva (Online)
Subject
  • Merman, Ethel
  • Singers > United States > Biography
  • Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography
Note
  • "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 437-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index.
  • "Stage work": p. 443-461.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule -- The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife.
LCCN
2007029515
OCLC
ssj0000290338
Author
Flinn, Caryl.
Title
Brass diva [electronic resource] : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 437-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index.
"Stage work": p. 443-461.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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