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Mar 7, 2024 · Oscar Hammerstein II: He Had Some Notes. In the new book The Letters of Oscar Hammerstein II, hundreds of letters both from and to Hammerstein reflect on every aspect of his life and career. The new collection, compiled and edited by Mark Eden Horowitz, is scheduled for release from Oxford University Press on July 6.
Jun 11, 2013 · On recordings, singers who have mined the Rodgers and Hart songbook range from Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, and Tony Bennett to Rod Stewart and Lady Gaga.
A revised edition of Hammerstein’s Lyrics, edited by his son William Hammerstein and containing an introductory essay by the lyricist, plus a preface by his protege Stephen Sondheim, was published by Hal Leonard Publishing in 1985. The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2008.
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 greatest of the 20th century.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "The Rodgers & Hammerstein Songbook" on Discogs.
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Dec 1, 2021 · Oscar Hammerstein virtually invented the modern musical with his librettos and lyrics for shows that include "Show Boat", "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I", "Cinderella", and "The Sound of Music".
Dec 24, 2008 · But just such a song, written for the private enjoyment of fellow members of the Dutch Treat Club of New York, is in “The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II,” the latest addition to an...
