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14 de may. de 2018 · Oscar Hammerstein. Born: July 12, 1895 New York, New York Died: August 23, 1960 Doylestown, Pennsylvania American songwriter. Oscar Hammerstein was perhaps the most influential lyricist and librettist (writer of opera lyrics) of the American theater. It was Hammerstein who reversed the process of musical writing, writing the lyrics first and then the score.
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.Their musical theater writing partnership has been called the ...
20 de may. de 2020 · The titular hero, Oscar Hammerstein I, is a familiar American archetype, the self-made immigrant who made and lost several fortunes in real estate, commercial theatre and grand opera. Arguably unscrupulous, charismatic and demanding, he manipulated the tabloid press and public with enviable skill. Hammerstein relished risk-taking and confrontation.
22 de oct. de 2010 · By Oscar Andrew Hammerstein. Hardcover, 232 pages. Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. List Price: $35. Read An Excerpt. But the Hammersteins did more than build Broadway with hit shows -- they ...
12 de jul. de 2022 · Adam Gopnik writes about a collection of Oscar Hammerstein II’s letters, and how the correspondence casts light on the iconic Broadway lyricist and librettist’s mastery of the theatrical ...
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II was born into a great theatrical family on July 12, 1895, in New York City. His grandfather, Oscar I, was an opera impressario and showman.
Oscar Hammerstein II. (Nueva York, 1895-1960) Libretista y comediógrafo estadounidense. Era sobrino del empresario de ópera norteamericano, de origen alemán, Oscar Hammerstein I, propietario del Manhattan Opera House. El ambiente artístico que respiró en su entorno familiar desde su niñez le condujo a orientar sus pasos profesionales por ...
