Richard Rodgers
Search results
Jul 12, 2012 · Photos 1. Flowers 573. Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 2664. Source citation. Lyricist, Dramatist. Born Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein in New York City, New York, he was the son of a theatre manager and producer.
Sondheim credits his success with the lyrics to West Side Story to Hammerstein's influence and guidance. Oscar Hammerstein II died of stomach cancer on August 23, 1960, at his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
July 12, 1895, New York, New York, U.S. Died: August 23, 1960, Doylestown, Pennsylvania (aged 65) Awards And Honors: Pulitzer Prize. Grammy Award (1960) Academy Award (1946) Academy Award (1942) Notable Works: “Carousel” “Oklahoma!” “Rose Marie” “Show Boat” “South Pacific” “The Desert Song” “The King and I” “The Last Time I Saw Paris”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Who Was Oscar Hammerstein II?
- Early Years
- Librettist and Lyricist
- Death and Legacy
With composer Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the groundbreaking musical Show Boat (1927). His collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers led to some of the most notable musicals in Broadway history including Oklahoma! (1943), Carousel (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), and The Sound of Music(1959), among others. The cele...
Oscar Hammerstein II was born in New York City on July 12, 1895, into a family who worked in theater. His father, William, managed a vaudeville theater, while his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein I, was a famed opera impresario. Hammerstein's uncle Arthur was a successful producer of Broadway musicals. While Hammerstein was studying law at Columbia U...
Also in 1919, Hammerstein wrote his own play, called The Light, which his uncle produced. Despite the play's relative failure, Hammerstein forged ahead with his writing. In 1920, he collaborated with Rodgers and Hart in writing a Varsity show called Fly with Me. Not long after, Hammerstein dropped out of grad school at Columbia to concentrate his e...
While still in his professional prime, Hammerstein lost his battle with stomach cancer on August 23, 1960. He died at his house in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In Hammerstein's memory the lights on Broadway were turned off at 9 pm that September 1. In 1995, Hammerstein's centennial was celebrated all over the world with recordings, books and concerts ...
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. Oscar studied at Columbia Law School, but left for the theatre, where he collaborated with various composers including Richard Rodgers to create many of the world's best-loved musicals such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King & I and The Sound of ...
People also ask
What happened to Oscar Hammerstein?
What did Oscar Hammerstein do for a living?
Who was Oscar Hammerstein?
Did Hammerstein ever win an Oscar?
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs.
Hammerstein served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and had an especially close relationship as mentor to the young Stephen Sondheim. His best lyrics are characterized by an outer simplicity and inner depth of feeling, as well as a sharp attention to character. Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960 at Highland Farms, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
