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Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895 in New York City. His father, William, was a theater manager and for many years director of Hammerstein’s Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theater of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer and his grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein, a famous opera impresario.
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.
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) Lyricist and Librettist. Columbia College 1916. Law 1916–17. LittD 1954 (hon.) Rodgers and Hammerstein changed the face of American musical theater by integrating the elements of drama, music and dance as never before.
Oct 22, 2010 · When Oscar Hammerstein II died 50 years ago, the lights of Broadway and London's West End were dimmed in his honor. From Showboat to Oklahoma!, The King and I to The Sound of Music, ...
Rodgers and Hammerstein. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their musical theater writing partnership has been called the greatest of the 20th century.
Oscar Hammerstein II. Biography: Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. His father managed the Victoria Theatre and was a producer of vaudeville shows. He attended Columbia University and studied at Columbia Law School. He quit law school for the theatre, and collaborated with various composers ...
Oscar Hammerstein II. Prolific US-American songwriter who teamed up with different composers from 1923 to 1943; from 1943 until his death in 1960 he formed a duo with Richard Rodgers. Hammerstein was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. Born July 12, 1895 in New York, NY; died August 23, 1960 in Doylestown, PA.
