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Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
- Title
- Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians / Virginia Waring ; foreword by Robert Shaw.
- Author
- Waring, Virginia, 1915-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997]
- ©1997
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ML422.W3 W37 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999.
- Description
- xiii, 404 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +
- Series Statement
- Music in American life
- Uniform Title
- Music in American life.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Note
- Includes compact disc (1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.) with 28 excerpts from radio shows and commercial recordings dating from 1923-1963, inserted in rear pocket.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- System Details (note)
- System requirements for accompanying computer laser disc: Macintosh.
- Contents
- Prologue : the man who taught America how to sing -- The Victorian Warings -- Entrepreneur -- Penn State -- The brash kid from Tyrone -- Milk trains -- Stairway to fame -- Paris -- Fred loses his shirt -- Ballet, classics and the Roxyettes -- Radio days -- Henry Ford & Co. -- The legalities of interpretation -- The Waring blendor -- Burgeoning empire -- Hollywood -- "A cigarette, sweet music, and you" -- My debut -- For the sake of one singer -- Music workshops -- Television -- The Anti-Semitic rumor -- Life with Fred -- Golf -- "On the road again" -- Ike and the famous -- Crucible of professionals -- Stroke -- Timing -- Phaetons, Zephyrs and Model A Fords -- What glorious music -- Photo album.
- ISBN
- 0252022955
- 9780252022951
- LCCN
- 96025186
- OCLC
- on1302222310
- 1302222310
- SCSB-2111736
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library