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Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. He was twice awarded an Oscar for "Best Original Song," and much of his work has been admitted into the unofficial Great American Songbook. Oscar Hammerstein II's strength was in the lyrics and libretti which he composed for the ...
A Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar Hammerstein Was No Stephen Sondheim. Laurie Winer’s new book, “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical,” takes the measure of Sondheim’s mentor and ...
Oscar Hammerstein II (12. heinäkuuta 1895 – 23. elokuuta 1960) oli yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija sekä musikaalien tuottaja ja ohjaaja. Hänen yhteistyöstään Richard Rodgersin kanssa syntyivät muun muassa kuuluisat musikaalit Oklahoma!, South Pacific ja The Sound of Music.
Based on Edna Ferber’s classic American novel, 1927’s lyrically masterful Show Boat, by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, is the most-recorded musical of all time. The first show of its kind, Show Boat presented complex characters grappling with timely, realistic themes woven into a substantial plot. Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, the epic narrative concerns the lives, loves and ...
20 de abr. de 2023 · This is an enhanced audio quality version of a historic interview with Oscar Hammerstein II conducted by Mike Wallace in 1956. The legendary Broadway compose...
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker.The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Lindsay ...
Oscar Glendenning Hammerstein II died in his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1960, a victim of stomach cancer. He left behind three children, William and Alice by Myra Finn, and James by Dorothy Blanchard Jacobson. On September 1, 1960, at 9 P.M. , the lights were extinguished on Broadway in memory of Oscar Hammerstein II, the ...
