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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As On Through the Seasons We Sail | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| It Ain't Etiquette | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| I Hate Men | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 8 |
| The Leader Of A Big-Time Band | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Les Girls | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Siberia | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Music & Lyrics Porter Vol 1 | — | — | — | — | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Buddie Beware | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 9 |
| Dream Dancing | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 11 |
| Find Me A Primitive Man | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| You've Got That Thing | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| Experiment | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| Why Shouldn't I? | — | — | — | Piano, Flute, Trombone, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| The Tale Of The Oyster | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| Ace In The Hole | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Hey, Good Lookin' | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| My Mother Would Love You | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| When Love Beckoned (On 52nd Street) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| Without Love | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| You've Got Something | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| For No Rhyme Or Reason | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| A Little Skipper From Heaven Above | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Nobody's Chasing Me | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Swingin' The Jinx Away | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| What Shall I Do? | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| You're Just Too, Too | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| After You, Who? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | Blues, Jazz | 9 |
| Why Can't You Behave? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 17 |
| Satin And Silk | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| We Open In Venice | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| Can Can | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| From Now On | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice | Blues, Jazz | 7 |
| Tomorrow | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| The Physician | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Two Little Babes In The Woods | — | — | — | — | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| Boogie Barcarolle | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| Fresh As A Daisy | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| He's A Right Guy | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| If You Loved Me Truly | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 3 |
| Taking The Steps To Russia | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| Why Am I So Gone (About That Gal?) | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| Wow-Ooh-Wolf | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| You're A Bad Influence On Me | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 4 |
| Little One | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| High Society | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| Anoth Op'nin, Another Show | — | — | — | Piano | Blues, Jazz | 5 |
| I Got Rhythm | — | — | — | Piano | Blues, Jazz | 6 |
| I've Got A Crush On You | — | — | — | Piano | Blues, Jazz | 6 |