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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.
Hammerstein served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and had an especially close relationship as mentor to the young Stephen Sondheim. His best lyrics are characterized by an outer simplicity and inner depth of feeling, as well as a sharp attention to character. Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960 at Highland Farms, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Hammerstein also served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and to Steven Sondheim, who met Hammerstein when he was still very young. Sondheim credits his success with the lyrics to West Side Story to Hammerstein's influence and guidance. Oscar Hammerstein II died of stomach cancer on August 23, 1960, at his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
6 de ene. de 2015 · Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was born in New York City, the son of Alice (née Nimmo) and William Hammerstein. His grandfather was German-born theatre impresario Oscar I Hammerstein (1846-1919). His father was from a Jewish family, and his mother was the daughter of Scottish and English parents.
11 de ago. de 2010 · Oscar Hammerstein II, murió en su hogar de Doylestown, Pennsylvania, víctima de un cáncer estomacal, dejando tres hijos William y Alice de su primer matrimonio con Myra Finn, y James de su segunda esposa Dorothy Blanchard Jacobson. El 1 de Septiembre de 1960, se apagaron los letreros luminosos de Broadway a las nueve de la noche, como ...
