Hammerstein, Oscar (I)
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Hammerstein, Oscar (I) (
b Stettin, 1846;
d NY, 1919). Ger.-Amer. impresario and businessman. Settled in NY 1863, making fortune from inventions such as cigar-making machine. From 1890 built and managed various ths. In 1906 built Manhattan Opera House, NY, engaging superb singers and producing adventurous repertory, incl. first NY perfs. of
Louise,
Pelléas et Mélisande, and
Elektra. In 1908 built Philadelphia Opera House, run in assoc. with his NY co. The Met in 1910 bought his interests and stipulated he should not produce opera in NY, Boston, Philadelphia, or Chicago for 10 years. So in London he built London Opera House (Stoll, Kingsway), opening in 1911 but failing after 2 seasons. Built Lexington Opera House, NY, in 1913, but the Met legally restrained him from producing opera there.
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The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II BOOKS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...2008 The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II BOOKS Byline: John Steele...The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II Edited by Amy Asch Illustrated...would expect from Rodgers and Hammerstein is a song so brazenly sexually...
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Oscar Hammerstein's cousin sues German bank over Holocaust assets
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/20/1998; ; 541 words
; ...AP) _ A cousin of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein has sued Germany's biggest...documents,'' says Gabriele Hammerstein, a 75-year-old retired Wagnerian...the Deutsche Bank.'' Ms. Hammerstein charged her family's lost assets...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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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)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/6/1996; 700+ words
; TWO librettists, Oscar Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner, wrote the lion's...from which the songs came. The musicals of Hammerstein and Lerner endure. * "The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein & Alan Jay Lerner". OUP, 432 pages...
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II)(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 10/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...acts music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Adapted for the stage by Tom Briggs from the...score with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The new Paper Mill Playhouse production of...
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Kern sails another river. (musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II)(Stages)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 11/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...premiere of a new Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical: Three Sisters...sparing the world such possible Hammerstein titles as "How Do You Solve...42nd Street Moon's six-month Hammerstein and Hart centennial festival...
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NEW HAVEN -- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein called it their favorite musical. Time magazine [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 5/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Register Arts Editor NEW HAVEN -- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein called it their favorite musical. Time magazine named...Audra McDonald. Jackson had never sung Rodgers and Hammerstein except as a young singer/actress in Texas auditioning...
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Celebrating Oscar & Hammerstein
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 6/8/2004; ; 623 words
; ...will be putting up a musical featuring 12 songs from the legendary team of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II from June 23 -27. They will perform songs from six of the duo's famed musicals - The Sound of Music, The...
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George S. Irving.( Oscar Hammerstein Award )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 2/1/2009; 382 words
; New York City's York Theatre Company handed its Oscar Hammerstein Award for lifetime achievement in musical theatre to George S. Irving, who reprised his role in Enter Laughing: The Musical at York this past fall.
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John Kander and Fred Ebb.(Oscar Hammerstein Award for lifetime achievement)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 9/1/2000; 416 words
; John Kander and Fred Ebb were recently honored by the York Theatre Company of New York City with the Oscar Hammerstein Award for lifetime achievement in the musical theatre. The composer/lyricist duo, collaborators on such works as Cabaret...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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The Hammerstein Family.(The City)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 12/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...s great-great-grandson.'" The Hammerstein Ballroom is actually named for Oscar Hammerstein I-who constructed it as the Manhattan...not his far more famous grandson, Oscar Hammerstein II, of the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein...
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Hammerstein, Oscar
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oscar Hammerstein Born: July 12, 1895New York, New...Pennsylvania American songwriter Oscar Hammerstein was perhaps the most influential lyricist...of the American theater. It was Hammerstein who reversed the process of musical...
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Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning), II
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Hammerstein, Oscar [Greeley Clendenning], II (1895–1960), librettist and lyricist. The grandson of the first Oscar Hammerstein and the nephew of Arthur Hammerstein , he was educated at Columbia, where he wrote lyrics...
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Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II (1895-1960) was perhaps...Kern composing the score and Hammerstein writing the book and lyrics. Showboat firmly established Oscar's success and reputation...
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Oscar Hammerstein, 2d
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oscar Hammerstein, 2d 1895-1960, American lyricist...Columbia Univ., 1916; grandson of Oscar Hammerstein. His first success was Wildflower...musical, dramatic, and dance elements. Hammerstein wrote the lyrics to many famous songs...
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Hammerstein, Oscar II
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Hammerstein, Oscar II (1895–1960), American...and grandson of the impresario Oscar Hammerstein (1847–1919), who built...1927; London, 1928), for which Hammerstein wrote all the book and lyrics. His...
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