Composer
Cole Porter
1964–1891
488 works in the index
- Born
- 1964
- Died
- 1891
Biography
Cole Porter was born into wealth. His mother’s father, James Omar Cole, was a wildly successful speculator in timber and coal, and the growing boy wanted for nothing. He took up both the violin and piano very early in life. His mother financed student orchestras in the town of Peru, Indiana in return for an expectation that they would spotlight her boy in violin solos. He hit his stride as a composer with the success of Gay Divorce, the 1932 musical that introduced the world to “After You, Who?” “Night and Day?” and “How’s Your Romance?” For the 1937 movie Rosalie he created “In the Still of the Night.” Cole Porter’s greatest late-career Broadway hit, first produced in 1948, was Kiss Me Kate. Its song list included “Another Op’ning, Another Show,” “Why Can’t You Behave?,” and “Always True to You in My Fashion.” Porter died of kidney failure in California in October 1964. His body was returned to Peru, Indiana for burial.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Voice, Guitar, Choir
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Blues, Classical, Broadway, Pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 488
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 11 of 11
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Look At Me That Way | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| I'm Unlucky At Gambling and I'm Unlucky In Love | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| Where Have You Been? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| I've Got You On My Mind A | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| Come To The Supermarket | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| What Am I To Do | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Broadway | 1 |
| Night and Day: Guitar | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Night and Day: String Bass | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |