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Writer: State Fair. Oscar Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and musical theatre director from New York City. He won a total of 8 Tony Awards for his best known works, "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959). He twice won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...
Oscar Hammerstein II probably contributed more than any other single person to the evolution of the American musical comedy from simple entertainment to a complex and sophisticated art form. He was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City into a family prominent in show business.
Musical theater playwright and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II is probably best remembered for his collaboration with Richard Rogers during the 1940s and '50s, but his earlier work with Jerome Kern created one of the all-time most popular and respected productions of American musical drama. Showboat, firstemperformed in 1927, opened to rave ...
Oscar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. His father William was a theatre manager and, for many years, director of Hammerstein’s Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theatre of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer and his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein, a famous opera impresario.
Jul 12, 2022 · Adam Gopnik writes about a collection of Oscar Hammerstein II’s letters, and how the correspondence casts light on the iconic Broadway lyricist and librettist’s mastery of the theatrical ...
オスカー・グリーリー・クレンデニング・ハマースタイン2世（Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II, 1895年 7月12日 - 1960年 8月23日）は、アメリカのミュージカル 作詞家・脚本家。 祖父はユダヤ系ドイツ人のオスカー・ハマースタイン1世、父親は劇場主。
Jun 20, 2022 · A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.
