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With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg | Background Music by Herbert Stothart Thrills & Music for the Family (Ages 5+) Festival Stage | July 9–August 17, 2025. Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved tale, featuring the iconic musical score from the MGM film.
Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a prominent member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Background Music by Herbert Stothart. Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard. Orchestration by Larry Wilcox. Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company. DIRECTED BY Tess Burgler. Music Direction by The Rude Sea. Choreography by Jailyn Harris. April 25-May 12. Performing: Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 2:00 pm.
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He composed a number of songs, one of the best-known being the 'Donkey Serenade', sung by Allan Jones in The Firefly (1937). Most importantly, perhaps, he became the first composer at MGM to win an Academy Award for a musical score for The Wizard of Oz (1939). Herbert Stothart spent his entire Hollywood career at MGM.
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Herbert Stothart. Herbert Stothart was born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on September 11, 1885, studying music in Europe and at The University of Wisconsin, where he also taught. He was hired by producer Arthur Hammerstein to be musical director for touring companies of Broadway shows, and was soon writing music for ...
Mar 17, 2017 · Listen to music from Herbert Stothart like If I Only Had A Brain (Extended Version), The Donkey Serenade & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Herbert Stothart.
The Wizard of Oz Concert Suite | Herbert Stothart - Wise Music Classical. Herbert Stothart and Harold Arlen. The Wizard of Oz Concert Suite (1939) EMI Music Inc (World) Arranged and edited by John Mauceri. Orchestrations restored from extant original materials by Steven Bernstein.
