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Oscar Hammerstein gewann zweimal den Academy Award für den besten Original-Song: 1942 für The Last Time I Saw Paris und 1946 für It Might as Well Be Spring.In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren erhielt er wiederholt den Tony Award in verschiedenen Kategorien.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II ( / ˈhæmərstaɪn /; 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 ...
Oscar Hammerstein II (born July 12, 1895, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 23, 1960, Doylestown, Pennsylvania) was an American lyricist, musical comedy author, and theatrical producer influential in the development of musical comedy and known especially for his immensely successful collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers.
Oscar studied at Columbia Law School, but left for the theatre, where he collaborated with various composers including Richard Rodgers to create many of the world's best-loved musicals such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King & I and The Sound of Music. Over his illustrious career, Hammerstein contributed lyrics to more than 800 songs that have continued to reverberate around the ...
2. Apr. 2014 · Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated with Richard Rodgers on popular musicals such as ‘Oklahoma!,’ ‘South Pacific,’ ‘Carousel,’ ‘The King and I’ and ‘The Sound of Music.’
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.
12. Juli 2022 · Oscar Hammerstein, at right, and his frequent collaborator Richard Rodgers, left, are pictured in 1943, at work in New York City. Photograph from Michael Ochs Archives / Getty. In the years since ...
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.
Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895 in New York City. His father, William, was a theater manager and for many years director of Hammerstein’s Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theater of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer and his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein, a famous opera impresario. Hammerstein started writing […]
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. He left a son and a daughteR&By his first wife, Myra ...
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II (1895-1960) was perhaps the most influential lyricist and librettist of the American theater. Major musicals for which he wrote the lyrics include “Show Boat ...
20. Juni 2022 · In 1944, Hammerstein had also rebuffed James Cagney, who'd just won the Best Actor Oscar for his tap-dancing George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy, and was then at the peak of his fame as a movie ...
Oscar Hammerstein I (1906) Oscar Hammerstein (* 8. Mai 1847 in Stettin, Königreich Preußen; † 1. August 1919 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Theater- und Opernproduzent deutscher Herkunft. Leben. Hammerstein entstammt einer jüdischen Familie aus Stettin und wanderte schon 1864 nach New York City aus.
Oscar Hammerstein II ist 48 und hat Evergreens wie " Showboat " geschrieben, als er 1943 auf den Komponisten Richard Rogers trifft. Fast 20 Jahre bilden die beiden das Top-Autoren-Duo des US ...
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 Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and 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. He co-wrote 850 songs.
9. Apr. 2024 · „Oklahoma!“, „South Pacific“ und „The Sound of Music“: Richard Rodgers und Oscar Hammerstein II. schrieben mit ihren Musicals Broadway-Geschichte
20. Dez. 2008 · From Show Boat to The King and I, he and his partners wrote shows as substantive as they were entertaining. Hammerstein's lyrics — now collected in a single book — are a big part of why.
ABOUT80 YEARS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEINThis year we’re celebrating the 80th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein! In July 1942, the Theatre Guild announced – and The New York Times shared – that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were teaming up for their first collaboration: a musical adaptation of Green Grow the Lilacs.
Oscar Glendenning Hammerstein II died in his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1960, a victim of stomach cancer. He left behind three children, William and Alice by Myra Finn, and James by Dorothy Blanchard Jacobson. On September 1, 1960, at 9 P.M. , the lights were extinguished on Broadway in memory of Oscar Hammerstein II, the ...
