Cole Porter was unmatched as a tunesmith, and his Broadway musicals set the standards of style and wit to which today's composers and lyricists aspire.
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Cole Porter was unmatched as a tunesmith, and his Broadway musicals set the standards of style and wit to which today's composers and lyricists aspire.
Aaron Copland was one of the most respected American classical composers of the twentieth century.
Although she is clearly a child of the great American popular tradition, there is no more serious artist on the contemporary scene than the composer-poet, Joni Mitchell.
After him, no one could look at a painting, a book, or a person without wondering how they might sound if you listened closely.