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The Foundation controls the Loewe copyrights and, with the heirs of Alan Jay Lerner, is responsible for licensing the theatrical and musical properties of Lerner & Loewe, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi and Paint Your Wagon.
- Emily Altman
Emily Altman became President of The Frederick Loewe...
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- Bio of Frederick Loewe
FREDERICK LOEWE (1901 - 1988) composed the scores for some...
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In August 1942 at the Lambs Club in New York City 24 year old American, Alan Jay Lerner and 41 year old Austrian, Frederick Loewe, officially met each other. As recounted by Lerner, the two met by chance when Loewe took a wrong turn on his way to the bathroom.
Among his most famous songs, written with his lyricist-partner Alan Jay Lerner, are ''Almost Like Being in Love,'' ''I Could Have Danced All Night’' and ''Thank Heaven for Little Girls.'' A musical prodigy by age four, Fritz Loewe was born in Berlin to Austrian parents.
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film.
Oct 28, 2014 · Aware even in jest of his own wealth and Jewishness, Lerner termed his most celebrated writing partner, Frederick Loewe, a “schizophrenic” in “The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe” by Gene...
Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) was a German-born composer who wrote, with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, the scores for such musicals as My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, and Brigadoon. The Frederick Loewe Foundation was established by the composer in 1956.
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The Street Where I Live is a memoir by Alan Jay Lerner, in which he describes the genesis, writing and production of three musicals he created in partnership with the composer Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot. The book was published in 1978.
