Herman, (Gerald) Jerry
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Herman, [Gerald] Jerry (b. 1932), composer and lyricist. Born in New York and raised in Jersey City, he had no formal musical education, although his mother taught piano and voice. At Miami University, he wrote a musical revue that was later reproduced Off Broadway. Several more Off‐Broadway revues followed before Herman got his first Broadway assignment, the Israeli‐set musical
Milk and Honey (1961). He next scored the mammoth hits
Hello, Dolly! (1964) and
Mame (1966), followed by the more experimental (but initially unpopular) musicals
Dear World (1969),
Mack and Mabel (1974), and
The Grand Tour (1979). In 1983 Herman retrieved his fortunes with
La Cage aux Folles. There were also two retrospective revues of his songs:
Jerry's Girls (1985) and
Jerry Herman on Broadway (2001). While he has been criticized for the lack of innovative twists and richness in his scores, Herman's best songs are light, lively, and quickly hummable and often boast sprightly, engaging lyrics. Autobiography:
Showtune: A Memoir, with Marilyn Stasio, 1996.
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Thackeray's memorials of defeat. (author William Makepeace Thackeray)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/1/1993; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: The Explicator; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 8/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...on the historical thread. To William Makepeace Thackeray, coming this way in the summer...advanced state of manufacture. Thackeray's Irish Sketchbook, reposing...writing, English protestant, Thackeray examined the crowds of penniless...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/30/2001; 700+ words
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Stately home with links to literary giants goes on sale for pounds3m ; An historic stately home that once hosted writers Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray went on sale yesterday for offers of about pounds3 million.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 5/8/2008; 659 words
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Colonial discourse and William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Irish Sketch Book.'
Magazine article from: Papers on Language & Literature; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
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Thackeray the sentimental sceptic. (writer William Makepeace Thackeray)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 6/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...either defeat or disillusion, W. M. Thackeray was readily attracted by whatever was...cockney excursionist in Vanity Fair, Thackeray is 'a lover of human nature rather than...any kind'.(1) In spite of that, Thackeray remains a poet and a scholar of the urban...
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Ethical narrative in Dickens and Thackeray. (Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Makepeace Thackeray Born: July 18, 1811 Calcutta...novelist The English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray created unrivaled panoramas...vanity, and vice. Early life William Makepeace Thackeray was born on July 18, 1811...
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Makepeace Thackeray The British novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) created unrivaled panoramas...mixtures of virtue, vanity, and vice. When William Makepeace Thackeray began his literary career, English prose fiction...
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Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, Lady
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Becky Sharp
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
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