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  Oscar Hammerstein II - Free net encyclopedia
Hammerstein II therefore entered Columbia University under their pre-law program and it wasn't until his father's death on June 10, 1914 that he went on to participate in his first play with the Varsity Show entitled On Your Way.
Oscar Hammerstein II is today considered the most important figure in the history of American musical theater for it was he, probably the best "book writer" in Broadway history, who made the story, not the songs or the stars, central to the American musical and brought it to full maturity as an art form.
Hammerstein died of cancer at the age of 65- shortly after the opening of The Sound of Music on Broadway- ending one of the most remarkable collaborations in the history of the American musical theatre.
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 Hammerstein More
Hammerstein, Oscar II scar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City.
Hammerstein found his niche with some of the greatest composers of his day, breathing new life into the moribund art form of operetta with such classics as Rose-Marie (music by Rudolf Friml), The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg), The New Moon (Romberg), and Song Of The Flame (George Gershwin).
A revised edition of Hammerstein's Lyrics, edited by his son William Hammerstein and containing an introductory essay by the lyricist plus a preface by his protégé Stephen Sondheim was published by Hal Leonard Publishing in 1985.
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 Oscar Hammerstein biography - 8notes.com
His grandfather, Oscar Hammerstein I, was an opera impresario, and his uncle was a successful Broadway producer.
Hammerstein continued to work with Kern and operetta composer Sigmund Romberg, among others, over the next several years on shows such as Sweet Adeline, Music in the Air, and Very Warm for May, a critical failure which nevertheless contained one of Kern and Hammerstein's loveliest songs, 'All the Things You Are.'
Hammerstein began his most successful and sustained collaboration in 1943 when he teamed up with Richard Rodgers, whose regular partner, Lorenz Hart, was uninterested in the material, to write a musical based on Lynn Riggs' play Green Grow the Lilacs.
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 Songwriters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oscar Hammerstein II studied at Columbia University, where he wrote and acted in student shows.
Hammerstein served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and had an especially close relationship as mentor to the young Stephen Sondheim.
Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960 at Highland Farms, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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 Hammerstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hammerstein was sold to Ro-Busters, a droid disaster squad, where he met Ro-Jaws, a sewer droid who would be come a long time friend.
Centuries later Hammerstein had re-joined the army, and alongside other former ABC combat droids was working for the Terminators.
Hammerstein and two companions, heavily reprogrammed, were sent on assassination mission to kill the queen of the Goth Empire, whom the humans were trying to exterminate.
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 Oscar Hammerstein II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years.
Oscar Hammerstein II is today considered one of the most important figures in the history of American musical theater.
Hammerstein died of stomach cancer at the age of 65- shortly after the opening of The Sound of Music on Broadway- ending one of the most remarkable collaborations in the history of the American musical theatre.
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 Oscar Hammerstein II
The Hammerstein family of New York City had a history of involvement with the theatre for two generations before Oscar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895.
Hammerstein eventually withdrew from law school after his second year in order to pursue his career in theatre, taking a job with his uncle as an assistant stage manager.
After his early sucesses, Hammerstein declined into a long decade of one disappointment after another, but he was not a man easily rattled by failure or dizzied by heights of success.
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 Oscar Hammerstein II - Biography - AOL Music
During the '40s and '50s, lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II and composer Richard Rodgers were the most successful composing team on Broadway, writing several long-running shows that were eventually made into movie musicals.
Hammerstein was also the second most prolific lyricist of the 20th century, second only to Irving Berlin.
Hammerstein co-wrote songs for Broadway during the '20s with lyricist Otto Harbach, including Showboat (1928) and Sweet Adeline (1929).
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 The Hammerstein Ballroom
On a weekday afternoon in July, rows of chairs line the main floor of the Hammerstein Ball-room, a giant projection screen hovers in the stage house and a multicolored display of Macintosh computers command the stage, all in preparation for a technology convention.
The Opera House then changed hands several times — serving as a vaudeville hall and later a “talkie” movie theater — until the 1920s, when it was purchased by the Scottish Rites of Free Masonry, who made major renovations and built the 1,200-person-capacity Grand Ballroom on the seventh floor, or what was once the roof.
Carvell reports that the Hammerstein's plaster ceiling is 75 feet high, and the grid height in the stage house is 85 feet.
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 Mike Hammerstein, Football All-American - University of Michigan Athletics
An intense player on the field, Hammerstein is best remembered for his relentless pass rushing and tackles for losses.
Hammerstein tied a single season record for tackles for losses with 23 while setting the record for yardage lost, sacking opponents for 112 yards lost in 1985.
That year's Fiesta Bowl winning squad, of which Hammerstein was selected the Most Valuable Player, surrendered a mere 8.1 points per game - among the nation's leaders.
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 Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein I was as confrontationally public and larger-than-life as Times Square itself.
Oscar Hammerstein I was born in Sceczin, Pommerania, 1848, the eldest son of a large, middle-class, German-speaking, Jewish family.
Oscar's son Arthur Hammerstein stepped in and negotiated a deal with the Met board of directors, led by financier Otto Kahn, which offered Oscar a flat sum of $1,200,000 in exchange for his written promise to refrain from producing grand opera in the United States for 10 years.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/hammerstein.html   (1363 words)

  
 Hammerstein, Oscar - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR [Hammerstein, Oscar], 1846-1919, German-American operatic impresario.
Oscar Hammerstein's cousin sues German bank over Holocaust assets
Hammerstein, Oscar II The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre; 1/1/1996; PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND; 217 words
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 The Sound of Music
In March 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein laid out the placement of the songs and dummy titles using a book prepared two years before by Lindsay and Crouse.
Following on from this Hammerstein spent a month in Jamaica where he wrote the lyrics for the songs The Sound of Music and Climb Every Mountain.
On the 14th October 1959 the show opened at Boston, and on the 15th Hammerstein wrote a lyric to a melody that Von Trapp sings as an expression of love for his homeland.
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 TIME 100: Rodgers and Hammerstein
When the sign finally came down, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's last collaboration had become the longest-running American musical in London theater history.
My first encounter with Rodgers and Hammerstein was via my father.
This is not to deny Hammerstein's enormous contribution.
www.time.com /time/time100/artists/profile/hammerstein.html   (432 words)

  
 Hammerstein Ballroom New York NY - Music Venue Concert Hall Play buy tickets, seating chart, info at New York City ...
The Goo Goo Dolls are back on tour with a new album 'Let Love In' and will be at the Hammerstein for 2 nights this December.
While mixing it up on the underground scene for years, Matisyahu and his unique Rasta-flavored reggae delivery are starting to catch the attention of mainstream circles worldwide.
Brooklyn based indie band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are set to see in the new year at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
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 Oscar Hammerstein II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Oscar Hammerstein II ''(For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein)'' Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years.
The final song he wrote was Edelweiss which had to be added during rehearsals to close the first act.
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 Hammerstein Lodge & Camp Namibia
Hammerstein is a Lodge and Camp situated between Swakopmund and Lüderitz and nestled between the Nubib and Tsaris mountains.
Hammerstein paintings A few kilometers from the Lodge, rocky outcrops of massive granite boulders with Bushman paintings conjure up visions of a giant’s playground.
Hammerstein activities Hammerstein Lodge and Camp offers sundowner drives into the mountains, sightseeing flights as well as 4x4 trips to Sossusvlei on request.
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 Internet Broadway Database: Oscar Hammerstein II Credits on Broadway
Produced by Oscar Hammerstein II Oct 18, 1950 - Oct 28, 1950
Staged by Oscar Hammerstein II Nov 26, 1938 - Dec 1938
Staged by Oscar Hammerstein II Oct 17, 1938 - Oct 29, 1938
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Composers On Broadway [Digipak] [Remaster] * by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Hal Leonard Rodgers and Hammerstein'S Cinderella Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook
Hal Leonard Dick Hyman - Rodgers And Hammerstein
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 Hammerstein, Oscar, 2d - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, 2D [Hammerstein, Oscar, 2d] 1895-1960, American lyricist and librettist, b.
Hammerstein wrote the lyrics to many famous songs, including "The Last Time I Saw Paris" and "It Might As Well Be Spring," which won Academy Awards.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Hammerstein, Oscar, 2d" at HighBeam.
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 Oklahoma! From Stage to Screen
The Rodgers and Hammerstein music does very well to set the tone for the entire first act.
This brief offering opens with "The Farmer and the Cowman:" followed by a glorious combination of "People will Say We're in Love" and "The Surrey with the fringe on top." Robert Russell Bennett did the orchestrations for the film Oklahoma and he cannot be applauded enough.
As in most Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, there is a second couple worth noting.
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 The Sound of Music
With The Sound of Music the epoch-making collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein came to an end: Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960.
The Sound of Music is the most beautiful and glowing musical Rodgers and Hammerstein had written since The King and I, and their greatest box-office triumph since that time.
Before coming to New York it had accumulated the largest advance sale in the history of the Broadway theatre--about three million dollars--and during its first two years in New York there was never an empty seat in the house.
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 Cinderella - Starring Julie Andrews - The first original Rodgers and Hammerstein Composition
On March 31,1957 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella was performed live for the first time on television by a cast that included the star of Broadway's My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews, for whom the musical had been specifically written.
It was CBS' answer to NBC's Peter Pan, written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for prime time TV.
The music was composed by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
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 Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein was born in Stettin, Germany, in 1847.
At the age of sixteen Hammerstein emigrated to the United States.
Hammerstein also provided the money for the building of several theatres in New York, Philadelphia and London.
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 Oscar Hammerstein II - AOL Music
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 Variety.com - Reviews - Rodgers And Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: 50th Annivers
In each case, though these Rodgers and Hammerstein classics retain the sheen of cinema's golden age, the tedious extras drag the sets down.
Packing its 20 minutes with interesting trivia, the short feature satisfyingly charts "State Fair's" legacy as the only Rodgers and Hammerstein work -- about a family's dreams of love and blue ribbons at a small town exhibition -- written expressly for film.
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 eBay.co.uk - Hammerstein, DVDs, Sheet Music Song Books, Videos VHS PAL UK items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The King and I Rogers and Hammerstein LP Record
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY HUGH FORDIN P/B
The King and I - Rodgers and Hammerstein - Piano + Voices
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 Great Performances . Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" | PBS
Directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman, it set box office records during its run in London, and again on Broadway, with critics and audiences alike captivated by its fresh new take on a venerable classic.
From its opening number, "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," the musical is filled with some unforgettable songs; see the entire catalogue in the song list.
For more on Broadway's celebrated duo, Rodgers and Hammerstein, browse the Encyclopedia of Composers and Songwriters.
www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/oklahoma/oklahoma.html   (389 words)

  
 Flower Drum Song - Rodgers & Hammerstein II - The Guide to Musical Theatre
a musical play in two acts by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields, based on the novel by C.Y. Lee.
A film version was issued by Universal-International Pictures in 1961 with Miyoshi Umeki, Jack Soo and James Shigeta.
This less appreciated creation of Rodgers and Hammerstein is long overdue for re-evaluation.
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