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Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer.
Acting as lyricist and composer for most of his career, Willson wrote memorable standards including “It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas”, “My the Good Lord Bless and Keep You”, “You and I”, “Two in Love”, “76 Trombones”, “Goodnight, My Someone”, “Till There Was You”, “Trouble”, “My White Knight”, “Lida ...
Meredith Willson--musician, playwright, and composer--was best known for the book, words, and music for The Music Man (1962). He wrote two other musical plays, including The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964).
Follow the career of the musician, conductor, composer and Iowa's champion on Broadway.
His third Broadway musical, Here’s Love with Laurence Naismith and Janis Paige, ran for 334 performances from October 1963 to July 1964. Willson completed one more musical, 1491, tracing the efforts of Christopher Columbus to raise money for his voyage to “Cathay.”.
Dec 1, 2023 · In 1936, at the age of 33, Meredith Willson became the youngest ever conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, one of the world's leading orchestras, performing his own composition on a national...
Jun 17, 1984 · Meredith Willson, the composer, librettist and lyricist of ''The Music Man,'' a landmark musical of the 1950's, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He...
Feb 22, 2023 · Meredith Willson: America's Music Man, narrated by Tony award winner Sutton Foster who co-starred with Jackman in the revival, documents Willson's life and impact from his birth in 1902 to...
Mar 3, 2023 · Iowa PBS has released a new documentary chronicling the life and career of a very famous Iowan: bandleader, conductor, and Broadway The Music Man writer Meredith Willson.
Jul 20, 2021 · Robert Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902, Mason City, Iowa – June 15, 1984, Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American composer, songwriter, flutist, conductor and playwright, best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man.
