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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 ...
20 de dic. de 2008 · There are 850 song lyrics in The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II. And get this: "When I counted them up," Asch says, "it seemed as if about a quarter had never been published before."
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.
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 ...
The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II, a new book of correspondence from the legendary lyricist, has been published by Oxford University Press. Bob Mondello of NPR’s All Things Considered writes:. When you’ve written the lyrics to 850 songs, including standards from such transformative Broadway classics as Show Boat, South Pacific and Oklahoma!, you might well be tempted to put down your pen ...
Oscar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. His father, William, was a theatre manager and for many years director of Hammerstein’s Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theatre of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer and his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein, a famous opera impresario.
Oscar Hammerstein II. Bürgerl. Name: Prolific US-American songwriter who teamed up with different composers from 1923 to 1943; from 1943 until his death in 1960 he formed a duo with Richard Rodgers. Hammerstein was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Born July 12, 1895 in New York, NY; died August 23, 1960 in Doylestown, PA.
