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  1. Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson [1] (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flutist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 1957 hit Broadway musical The Music Man [2] and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (1951).

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      The Music Man. The Music Man is a musical with book, music,...

  2. Learn about the life and career of Meredith Willson, the composer of The Music Man (1962) and other musicals. Find out his birth name, family, musical influences, awards, trivia, and more.

    • May 18, 1902
    • June 15, 1984
  3. The Music Man. The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.

    • Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
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  5. Meredith Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa on May 18, 1902 He learned to play piccolo and flute while still in high school. In 1919, at age 17, he enrolled in New York's Institute of Musical Art, where he studied the flute under Georges Barrere, Henry Hadley, Mortimer Wilson, Bernard Wagenaar and Julius Gold. Between 1921 and 1923, he toured ...

  6. And when the River City boys band marched on Broadway, Meredith Willson caught the whole world’s ear. Now Streaming. Follow the career of the musician, conductor, composer and Iowa's champion on ...

  7. Jun 17, 1984 · Meredith Willson, the composer, librettist and lyricist of ''The Music Man,'' a landmark musical of the 1950's, died Friday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 82 years old and ...

  8. Feb 5, 2022 · He was born Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson on May 18, 1902 in Mason City, Iowa. Willson attended Frank Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art, which would go on to become the Juilliard School.

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