Beautiful mornings. (a new book tells the life story of two of the greatest librettists in history, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | April 6, 1996 | Copyright

TWO librettists, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner, wrote the lion's share of the successful musicals of the "golden" era that extended roughly from the opening of "Oklahoma!" in 1943 to 1960. After "Oklahoma!" shows were "integrated" (songs flowed from the situation and character) and were "musical plays" as opposed to musical comedies.

Mere mention of their catalogues sets off internal song-cues and recalls many happy hours in theatres and cinemas: Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I" and "The Sound of Music"; Lerner's ...

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