DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?

Mancini, Henry, with Gene Lees

ISBN 10: 0809244969 / ISBN 13: 9780809244966

Published by Contemporary Books, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1989

About this Item

Henry Mancini has remained a very private man. Now, in "Did they Mention the Music?," he opens the door into his personal life. From his boyhood in a Pennsylvania steel town, the son of poor but hardworking Italian parents, through his days on the road as pianist/arranger with with the Tex Beneke/Glenn Miller Orchestra in the mid-forties, Mancini's story is the odyssey of a young man whose love for music began at age twelve and whose talent was recognized before he was twenty. Included are photographs, an appendix (awards, accomplishments, and discography), and an index. This copy is clean, solid, and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper.

Seller Inventory # 002941

Bibliographic Details

• Title: DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
• Publisher: Contemporary Books, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809244969
• ISBN 13: 9780809244966
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The memoirs of award-winning composer Henry Mancini tell of the early struggles, first on the road, then in Hollywood, before the success of the theme for "Peter Gunn" made him a recording star

Reviews

Reading this book is like being invited to an old friend's house for the evening to see some slides from recent vacations. The friend is dear, and you want to see the slides, but it's all a little boring. This first biography of Mancini chronicles the life of an important composer of contemporary popular music who, despite huge successes (90 film scores, 90 record albums, 20 Grammys, 4 Oscars), has led a fairly low-key, unassuming, occasionally bittersweet life. This book is a neat chronological recollection of personal and professional life, with some insights into the film industry and scores of names dropped along the way. A slow but harmless way to spend an evening.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Carmel Clay P.L., Carmel, Ind.
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