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Hammerstein-Kern. Songwriting collaboration whose great success included their biggest hit, 1927's "Show Boat", which is often revived and is still considered one of the masterpieces of the American musical theatre.
Oscar Hammerstein II es la figura más importante de la historia del musical estadounidense. Hay un antes y un después de él. Su carrera abarcó de 1920 a 1960, y en esos cuarenta años transformó de tal manera la comprensión de lo que podían ser los musicales que cualquier otra comedia musical posterior a Hammerstein tiene una deuda ...
The Sound of MusicThe longest running Broadway musical of the early 1960s, The Sound of Music marked the last collaboration between composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), just before Hammerstein's death from cancer. Source for information on The Sound of Music: St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture dictionary.
8 de feb. de 2024 · Laurie Winer is a longtime theater critic, a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the author of Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.She might have considered a different title for the latter. For starters, she doesn’t take into account Hammerstein’s early mentor and collaborator, fellow librettist–lyricist Otto Harbach (1873–1963), who, as ...
6 de nov. de 2023 · Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (/ ˈ h æ m ər s t aɪ n /; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years.He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians.
6 de nov. de 2014 · Listen to music from Oscar Hammerstein II like Edelweiss, Shall We Dance? - From "The King And I" & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Oscar Hammerstein II.
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.
