LEADER 02353cam 2200469 a 4500001 ocn154671931 003 OCoLC 005 20141211231238.0 008 070717s2007 cauaf bkq s001 0beng 010 2007029515 015 GBA759806 |2bnb 016 7 013805564 |2Uk 020 9780520229426 (alk. paper) 020 0520229428 (alk. paper) 035 (Sirsi) o154671931 035 (OCoLC)154671931 040 DLC |cDLC |dBTCTA |dBAKER |dUKM |dJED |dC#P |dYDXCP |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 049 EREM 050 00 ML420.M39 |bF55 2007 082 00 782.1/4092B |222 100 1 Flinn, Caryl. |=^A296055 245 10 Brass diva : |bthe life and legends of Ethel Merman / |cCaryl Flinn. 260 Berkeley : |bUniversity of California Press, |c©2007. 300 xiv, 542 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 500 "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint." 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 437-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index. 504 "Stage work": p. 443-461. 505 0 Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule -- The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife. 600 10 Merman, Ethel. |=^A100430 650 0 Singers |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A412178 650 0 Motion picture actors and actresses |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A416487 994 C0 |bERE 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |nBK0007204175 938 Baker & Taylor |bBKTY |c34.95 |d26.21 |i0520229428 |n0007204175 |sactive 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n2577422 596 3 998 1276028