Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Oscar Hammerstein II - his music and his life
American lyricist, librettist and producer
By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica • Last Updated: Aug 19, 2022
Born: July 12, 1895 New York City New York
Died: August 23, 1960 (aged 65) Pennsylvania
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 Sound of Music”
Oscar Hammerstein II, (born July 12, 1895, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 23, 1960, Doylestown, Pennsylvania), American lyricist, musical comedy author, and theatrical producer influential in the development of musical comedy and known especially for his immensely successful collaboration with the composer Richard Rodgers.
The grandson of the opera impresario Oscar Hammerstein, he studied law at Columbia University before beginning his career in the theatre. Between 1920 and 1959 he wrote all or part of about 45 musical dramas for stage, film, or television. Until he became exclusively Rodgers’ librettist in 1943, Hammerstein wrote lyrics for several other composers, among them Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, Sigmund Romberg (“Lover Come Back to Me”; “Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise”), and Jerome Kern (“All the Things You Are”; “The Last Time I Saw Paris”). Among Hammerstein’s best known early works are Rose Marie (1924; music by Friml); The Desert Song (1925; music by Romberg); and the Jerome Kern musicals Sunny (1925) and Show Boat (1927), which includes the perennial favourites, “Ol’ Man River” and “Only Make Believe.”
After a period of less successful writing for films he teamed with Richard Rodgers in creating Oklahoma! (1943; winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1944), Carousel (1945), and South Pacific (1949; Pulitzer Prize in 1950), combining bright tunes with relatively sophisticated stories—a blend then unfamiliar to the stage but later widely adopted. Hammerstein’s lyrics are often marked by a simplicity and sensitivity perhaps best exemplified by “If I Loved You” (from Carousel).
Rodgers and Hammerstein formed a music publishing firm, Williamson Music, Inc., and from 1949 were theatrical producers for their own works as well as for those of many others. Other musical comedies with Rodgers include The King and I (1951), The Sound of Music (1959), Flower Drum Song (1958), and the film State Fair (1945).
Hammerstein won Academy Awards for the songs “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good (1941) and “It Might as Well Be Spring” from State Fair (1945). In addition, he received three Tony Awards for South Pacific and one for The King and I.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
HAUSER & Caroline Campbell - Czardas
HAUSER & Caroline Campbell - Czardas
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Hauser and Caroline Campbell performing Czardas (Csárdás) by Vittorio Monti at the "HAUSER & Friends" Gala Concert in Arena Pula, Croatia, August 2018
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Friday, September 23, 2022
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Joslin - Henri Mancini, Nino Rota
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet - Joslin - Henri Mancini, Nino Rota
18,005,743 views Feb 14, 2021 Please visit http://www.joslinmusic.com For more info on bookings and live performances.
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Written by Nino Rota and Henry Mancini.
Arranged by Joslin. Recorded and produced by Joslin in his private Studios.
Final Mix and Master by : Martin Baird (http://www.vergemusicworks.com)
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Filmed in Mckinney, Texas.
Pearl Harbor Suite (Main Theme)
Pearl Harbor Suite (Main Theme)
21,015,772 views Jul 17, 2017 Suite (arranged by myself) of the main theme of the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, from the Original Soundtrack and the Complete Recording Sessions. Composed by Hans Zimmer. Part of #HansZimmerMondays, a prelude to my Hans Zimmer Tribute Medley, coming on August 28th (EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z74Es...).
Tracklist:
0:00 Tennessee
3:28 Evelyn Can't Break Up/Spy/Romp
4:42 I'm Pregnant
As Time Goes by (From "Casablanca")
As Time Goes by (From "Casablanca")
1,347,495 views Jan 19, 2017 Provided to YouTube by TuneCore
As Time Goes by (From "Casablanca") · Beegie Adair
As Time Goes By
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