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Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.
Jerome Kern (born Jan. 27, 1885, New York City—died Nov. 11, 1945, New York City) was one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre.
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Jerome David Kern was born in 1885. He began his stage career grafting American songs (for which he wrote the music) into imported European operettas. His breakthrough came with the song "They Didn't Believe Me", written (with lyrics by Edward Laska) for a show called "The Girl from Utah".
- January 27, 1885
- November 11, 1945
Jerome Kern was an American songwriter. He was born in New York City on January 27, 1885 and died in New York City on November 11, 1945 at the age of 60. [1] Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. Kern is remembered for the hundreds of songs he wrote for musical plays and movies.
May 18, 2018 · Jerome David Kern (1885-1945), American composer, wrote the scores for several of the musical theater's greatest successes. Jerome Kern was born in New York City on Jan. 27, 1885. His first music teacher was his pianist-mother.
Wrote over 700 songs for dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films. Jerome Kern was born in New York City on January 27, 1885. Growing up in the middle-class atmosphere of East 56th Street, he attended public schools.
Jerome Kern was born in 1885 in New York, to a first generation Jewish-German family. Although his mother recognised his talent and encouraged him in music from an early age, his father insisted that no son of his would ever pursue such a disreputable career as composing.
