20th Century Greats

Season 1 Episode 2: Cole Porter

Cole Porter was the most gifted of a richly talented generation of composers who transformed popular music in the 1920s and 30s. It had started the century, for the most part, bland, patronising and trite, the gauche, poor relation of classical music. Cole Porter, more than anyone, made it musically, and lyrically sophisticated, emotionally satisfying and subtle. Remarkably, not only did he write some of the best music ever, but was also one of the greatest lyricists in the English language.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

4

Actor:

Leonard Bernstein, Howard Goodall, George Harrison

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2004

IMDb:

7.0