About
Elizabeth J. Rosenthal earned degrees in journalism at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications (’82) and law at Rutgers University (’85), and served as legal liaison with the New Jersey Civil Service Commission for 28 years before retiring in 2015. Rosenthal has always been an enthusiast of 20th-century popular culture and history. Her latest book, The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave the World (Citadel Press), is now out. Rosenthal's previous books are His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John and Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson. Please visit her website, ElizabethJRosenthal.com, for more information.
Featured Work
The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave the World
In The Master of Drums, biographer Elizabeth J. Rosenthal crafts a celebratory, honest, and exhaustively researched portrait of a twentieth-century music legend whose acolytes would include such rock-era artists as Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, John Bonham, and Apollo 440. When he died, Gene Krupa may have left behind a world of grieving friends, colleagues, fans, students, and progeny, but as The Master of Drums proves, his dynamic musical and cultural influences live on.
Other Works
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The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave the World
2025
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Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
2008
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His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John
2001
