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Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (* 18. Dezember 1928 in Montreal; † 17. Dezember 2018) [1] war ein kanadischer Komponist, bekannt als Komponist des Musicals Hair . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Werdegang. 2 Werk (Auswahl) 2.1 Musicals. 2.2 Filmmusik. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. 5 Einzelnachweise. Werdegang.
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His most-successful musicals were Hair (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971).
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. The work reflects the creators' observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace ...
- Gerome Ragni, James Rado
- Gerome Ragni, James Rado
Hair ist ein US-amerikanisches Musical, das als Meilenstein der Popkultur in den späten 1960er Jahren gilt. Im Mittelpunkt der Handlung steht eine Gruppe der Hippie-Bewegung. Buch und Liedtexte stammen von Gerome Ragni und James Rado, die Musik ist von Galt MacDermot. Nach einer Off-Broadway-Vorpremiere im Oktober 1967 in Joseph ...
- Hair
- Galt MacDermot
- 29. April 1968
The mildest and most thoughtful of men, Galt MacDermot, who has died aged 89, might be considered an unlikely composer of hippy anthems, ballads protesting against the Vietnam war, and the...
Dude (The Highway Life) is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. It is an allegory about good and evil, the conflict between mankind's creative and destructive urges, the power of love, and the joy to be found in simple pleasures.
Galt MacDermot was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of a Canadian teacher and diplomat. He was educated at Upper Canada College and Bishop's University (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada). He received a Bachelor of Music from Cape Town University, South Africa and made a study of African music his specialty.
