Richard Rodgers

The Sound of Music Richard Rodgers

Marc Notes: Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatre Library--P. [4] of cover.; Arr. for piano; includes chords symbols and interlinear words. Contributor Bio:  Rodgers, Richard Richard Rodgers (composer 1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most successful partnership in American musical theater. Their first musical, "Oklahoma!, " was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, blending Rodgers' sophisticated style of musical comedy with Hammerstein's innovations in opera. "Oklahoma!" was followed by" Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, " and "The Sound of Music, " among others. Collectively the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals earned thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards, and an Emmy Award. Contributor Bio:  Hammerstein, Oscar Amy Asch, an archivist and researcher, worked with Robert Kimball on "The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin "and the 1995 expanded "The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart," Currently an editor of the "Playbill Broadway Yearbook," she lives in New York City.