Kiss me, Kate : a musical play / music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; book by Sam and Bella Spewack, based on William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew ; orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennet ; additional orchestrations by Don Walker, Walter Paul, Robet H. Noeltner and Freddie Bretherton ; incidental ballet music arranged by Genevieve Pitot ; critical edition by David Charles Abell and Seann Alderking ; vocal score by Seann Alderking and David Charles Abell.
Musical comedy. Porter's famous musical, with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack, is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. This edition of the complete vocal score includes notes on musical notation, performance practice, and production. It also includes an appendix of alternate music. A critical report and other supplementary materials are available online at http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cole_porter_critical_edition.
Contents:
Shrew finale: so kiss me, Kate. Why can't you behave? -- Wunderbar -- So in love -- We open in Venice -- Tom, Dick or Harry -- I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua -- I hate men -- Were thine that special face -- I sing of love -- Too darn hot -- Where is the life that late I led? -- Always true to you in my fashion -- Bianca -- Brush up your Shakespeare -- I am ashamed that women are so simple -- Shrew finale: so kiss me, Kate.
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