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Rodgers (izquierda) y Hammerstein (a la derecha), con Irving Berlin (medio) y Helen Tamiris, viendo las audiciones en el St James Theatre en 1948. Rodgers y Hammerstein hace referencia a un influyente, innovador y exitoso tándem estadounidense de autores de canciones para musicales formado por el compositor Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) y el letrista-dramaturgo Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960).
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) Lyricist and Librettist. Columbia College 1916. Law 1916–17. LittD 1954 (hon.) Rodgers and Hammerstein changed the face of American musical theater by integrating the elements of drama, music and dance as never before.
20 de jun. de 2022 · A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.
Based on Edna Ferber’s classic American novel, 1927’s lyrically masterful Show Boat, by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, is the most-recorded musical of all time. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot. Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the epic narrative concerns the lives, loves and ...
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker.The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay ...
2 de abr. de 2014 · (1902-1979) Synopsis. Along with Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers was a pioneer in crafting what became the quintessential American musical, integrating stories ...
Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. He was twice awarded an Oscar for "Best Original Song," and much of his work has been admitted into the unofficial Great American Songbook. Oscar Hammerstein II's strength was in the lyrics and libretti which he composed for the ...
