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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 movement.
- Gerome Ragni, James Rado
- 1967
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...
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Dec 18, 2018 · Galt MacDermot, who composed the score for “Hair,” the tribal rock musical that shocked mainstream theatergoers as it celebrated the drug-crazed, free-love, antiwar rebellious energy of hippies...
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.
Dec 17, 2018 · The web page is an obituary of Galt MacDermot, who wrote the hit Broadway musicals Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona. It also mentions his influence on hip-hop music and his other works in different genres and styles.
Versatile Canadian-American composer for Broadway musicals, film music, jazz and funk. Browse Song Catalog: ASCAP. Galt MacDermot. Inductee. 1928- 2018 Born/Died. 2009 Inducted. Grammy for his musical "Hair" Galt MacDermot was born December 18th, 1928 in Montreal and received his bachelor’s degree in music from South Africa’s Cape Town University.
