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“You’ll Never Walk Alone” sheet music
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Oscar Hammerstein II
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Irving Berln
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Ethel Merman
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Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain
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Cow
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Oscar Hammerstein II
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“So Far” sheet music
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Allegro playbill
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Highland Farm
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Highland Farm
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Oscar and Dorothy
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Highland Farm; Jimmy and Oscar
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Jimmy, Dorothy, and Oscar
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Oscar
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“Some Enchanted Evening” sheet music
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Oscar and Dick
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“Hello Young Lovers” sheet music
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Dick and Oscar beaming
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Oscar Hammerstein
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“I Enjoy Being a Girl” sheet music
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Oscar in Montego Bay, Jamaica
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Oscar writing on his porch
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LYRICS CREDITS
“All The Things You Are,” from Very Warm for May, ©1939 Hammerstein Properties, LLC and Elizabeth Kern, courtesy of Universal Music Group
“If I Loved You” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright ©1945 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Use by Permission of Williamson Music, A Division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, An Imagem Company
“Ol’ Man River,” from Showboat, ©1927 Hammerstein Properties, LLC and Eva Byron, courtesy of Universal Music Group
“Soliloquy” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright ©1945 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Use by Permission of Williamson Music, A Division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, An Imagem Company
“The Big Black Giant” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright ©1953 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Use by Permission of Williamson Music, A Division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, An Imagem Company
“The Last Time I Saw Paris” ©1941 Hammerstein Properties, LLC and Elizabeth Kern, courtesy of Universal Music Group
“Why Was I Born?,” from Sweet Adeline, ©1929 Hammerstein Properties, LLC and Eva Byron, courtesy of Universal Music Group
“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright ©1949 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright Renewed. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Use by Permission of Williamson Music, A Division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, An Imagem Company
INDEX
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
A
Academy of Music, 44, 74
Allegro (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 118, 180–185, 182, 184, 195, 198, 208, 214, 226
Always You, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 98, 98–99
American Heritage magazine, 156, 157
American Jubilee (Schwartz/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 146–147, 147
American musical theatre, 8
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), 178
Andrews, Dana, 178
Andrews, Julie, 214, 218–220, 219, 220, 221, 224
Annie Get Your Gun (Berlin), 176, 177, 198
Anti-Nazi League, Hammerstein, Oscar II, founding of, 144–145
“Anything You Can Do” (Berlin), 176
Arabian acrobats, at Hammerstein’s Roof Garden, 60, 61
ASCAP. See American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Atkinson, Brooks, 133, 184, 199–200, 224
B
Babes in Toyland (Herbert), 78
Ballyhoo (Fields, W. C.), 138
bankruptcy, of Hammerstein, Oscar I, 52
Battles, John, 183
Bayes, Nora, 102
Belasco, David, 59
Belle of New York (Kerker), 37
Berkeley, Busby, 135
Berlin, Irving, 86, 150, 173, 174, 176, 177, 198
Bigley, Isabel, 210
Bikel, Theodore, 223
Bitter Sweet (Coward), 137
Bizet, 148
Blanchard, Dorothy. See Hammerstein, Dorothy; Jacobson, Dorothy Blanchard
Blau, Rosa, 16, 16, 17, 21
blizzard, of 1888, 25, 25–27
“Blue Skies” (Berlin), 176
La Bohème (Puccini), 71
Bolton, Guy, 101, 114
Bonci, Alessandro, 10, 69
Booth, Edwin, 27, 28
Broadway, 11, 87, 96, 136, 141, 224
Broadway Theatre, 200
Brynner, Yul, 204, 204–205, 206
C
Campanini, Cleofonte, 69
Carmen (Bizet)
Hammerstein, Oscar II, reworking of, 148–149
Carmen Jones (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 149, 162–163, 182
Carousel (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 13, 164, 164–175, 182, 195, 200
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” from, 164–165, 173
Caruso, Enrico, 69
Casino Theatre, 31
Cendrillon (Cinderella) (Perrault), 217
Chaplain, Charlie, 62, 63
“Cheek to Cheek” (Berlin), 176
The Cherry Sisters, 49
Cinderella (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 217–221
Clayton, Jan, in Carousel/Show Boat, 169
Columbia Pictures/Records, 105, 163
Columbia University, Hammerstein, Oscar II, attendance at, 91
The Columbus Theatre, 29, 91
comedy routine
“Dutch,” 48
of Weber/Fields, 47–48
comic opera, Hammerstein, Oscar I, challenge to write, 37–40
Conried, Heinrich, as Met director, 68, 72
Copland, Aaron, 156
Coppini, Pompeo, 111
Covent Garden, Royal Opera House at, 79
Coward, Noël, 137, 204
Crosland, Alan, 137
Crouse, Russel, 139–140, 141, 223
D
Daffy Dill, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 101
Death of a Salesman (Miller), 200
Debussy, Claude, 71, 71–72
The Desert Song (Romberg/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 99, 108, 109, 114, 126
Diamond. See The Koh-i-noor Diamond
Dillingham, Charles, 106
Drake, Alfred, 160, 204
Drury Lane theatre, 126, 142
“Dutch” comedy routine, 48
E
East Wind (Mandel/Schwab), 141, 141–142
“Easter Parade” (Berlin), 176
The Ed Sullivan Show, 111, 219
F
Felix, Hugo, 86
Ferber, Edna, 115–116, 116
Fields, Lew, 47, 47–48, 64, 64–65
Fields, W. C., 63, 64, 96, 138, 139
Finn, Myra, 91–93, 92, 93, 128
The Flower Drum Song (Lee), 214
The Flower Drum Song (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 214–217, 223
Follies. See Follies Bergére
Follies Bergére (Follies), 96, 107, 118
Fortune Teller (Herbert), 78
Free For All (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 141
Fregoli, Leopoldo, 48, 48–49
French Legion of Honor medal, Hammerstein, Oscar I, receipt of, 72
French opera, 71
Friml, Rudolf, 81, 86, 97, 104, 138, 141
Rose-Marie, 99, 104, 106, 108, 134, 148
Furs and Frills, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 94, 95
G
The Gang’s All Here, Hammerstein, Oscar II, directing of, 139–141
Garden, Mary, 10, 71, 72, 73
Garden Theatre, 56
Gentlemen Unafraid (Kern/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 143
Gershwin, George, 108, 150, 177
The Gilsey House, 38
Glackens, William J., 55
Golden, John, 86
Golden Dawn, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 110–111, 136, 138
Good Boy, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 132
Gordon, John Steele, 156, 157
Grant, Cary (Leach, Archibald), 110
The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), 155
Great Depression, 61, 142
The Great God Brown (O’Neill), 114
Great White Hurricane. See blizzard, of 1888
Green Grow the Lilacs (Riggs), 152, 154–155
H
Hammerstein, Alice Nimmo, 84
Hammerstein, Anna “Mousie,” 85
Hammerstein, Arthur, 10, 17, 21, 27, 46, 49, 56–57, 59, 73, 75, 83, 95, 98–101, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 108, 124, 132
Always You production by, 98, 98–99
Ballyhoo production by, 138
Broadway migration of, 141
Furs and Frills production by, 94, 95
Golden Dawn production by, 110–111, 136, 138
in Hollywood, 136–137
marriages of, 105
Naughty Marietta overseeing by, 79, 81
operetta production by, 78, 81, 112, 114
Queen O’ Hearts production by, 102, 102–103
Hammerstein, Billy, 191
Hammerstein, Dorothy, 137, 139, 153, 190, 190–191, 192, 194, 204
Hammerstein, Edward, 21–23
Hammerstein, Elaine, 105
Hammerstein, Harry, 17, 21, 27, 32, 46, 59
Hammerstein, Jimmy, 191, 192, 194
Hammerstein, Oscar Greeley Clendenning. See Hammerstein, Oscar II
Hammerstein, Oscar I, 9, 16–17, 19, 33, 41–43, 46, 64, 65, 69, 70, 70–71, 73–75, 77, 80, 82, 104, 108, 114, 148
bankruptcy of, 52
Blau, Rosa, marriage to, 16
comic opera, challenge to write, 37–40
death of, 87
inventions of, 17–19, 18
Jackson as nom de plume of, 39–40
Koster & Bial partnership with, 34–35
Neuendorff partnership with, 19, 24
opera house sale by, to Met, 75
patents of, 17, 24, 57
real estate of, 24–35
Swift, marriage to, 85–87
ten-year-ban contract of, 75–77
ten-year-ban defiance by, 82
theatre design patent by, 31
Times Square theatre district creation by, 8
Hammerstein, Oscar II, 10–13, 86, 87, 91–95, 92, 103, 110, 110–111, 129, 135, 137, 143, 143–149, 171, 179, 190, 193
Allegro, 11, 118, 180–185, 182, 184, 195, 198, 208, 214, 226
American Jubilee, 146–147, 147
Broadway migration of, 141
cancer of, 225–226
Carmen Jones, 149, 162–163, 182
Carousel, 11, 13, 164, 164–175, 182, 195, 200
Cinderella, 217–221
death of, 226
The Desert Song, 99, 108, 114, 126
divorce of, 131
The Flower Drum Song, 214–217, 223
Free For All, 141
Gentlemen Unafraid, 143
Harbach as mentor to, 99
Highland Farm of, 147, 153, 186, 187, 188, 191, 193
in Hollywood, 130–141, 141
Jacobson, Dorothy, and, 126–131
Kern eulogy by, 179
The King and I, 11, 202–207
Me and Juliet, 208–212, 212, 214
Music in the Air, 142, 176
My Fair Lady, 214, 218–219
nervous breakdown of, 129
The New Moon, 133, 138
Oklahoma!, 11, 13, 150–179, 158, 160, 161, 182, 200, 224 picture of, 12, 84, 89, 117, 119, 146, 162, 181, 190, 191, 192, 193, 201, 202, 207, 209, 225, 227
Pipe Dream, 213–214, 218
Rainbow, 134, 135, 138
Show Boat, 10, 11, 13, 112–125, 113, 134, 136, 142, 148, 161, 169, 178, 217
Sondheim as surrogate son of, 155
The Sound of Music, 11, 141, 200, 224
South Pacific, 11, 196–201, 226
State Fair, 177, 182
statue of, 111
Sunny, 99, 106–108, 138
Hammerstein, Reggie, 84, 90, 91, 138
Hammerstein, Rose, 23, 83
Hammerstein, Stella, 23, 52, 82, 83
Hammerstein, Willy, 10, 17, 21, 46, 57, 59, 62, 84, 94, 106, 138, 148
death of, 85
landscape painting of, 27
vaudeville profits of, 71
Victoria Theatre management by, 62–63
Hammerstein Farm illustration, 60
Hammerstein Theatre, 109–111, 141
Hammerstein’s Roof Garden, 54, 59–61, 60, 63
Hammerstein’s Roof Garden (Glackens), 55
Hammond, John, 163
Haney, Carol, 215
Harbach, Otto, 81, 99, 101, 103, 104, 110
Sunny, 99, 106–108, 138
Harlem, Hammerstein, Oscar I, development of, 25–26
Harlem Opera House, 25–27, 28, 40, 43, 51, 91, 150
Harrold, Orville, 79, 104
Hart, Lorenz “Larry,” 148, 151, 158
alcoholism/homosexuality of, 152
Rodgers partnership with, 150–152
Hayes, Bill, 210
“Heart of my Heart,” from Furs and Frills, 94, 95
“Heat Wave” (Berlin), 176
Hein, Sylvio, 86
Helburn, Theresa, 162–164, 163
Held, Anna, 49, 50, 51–52
“Hello, Young Lovers,” from The King and I, 202–203
Hepburn, Audrey, 222
Herbert, Victor, 10, 77–79, 78, 81, 97, 104
Highland Farm, of Hammerstein, Oscar II, 147, 153, 186, 187, 188, 191, 193
Hippodrome Theatre, 66, 86
Hirsch, Louis A., 86
Hollywood
Hammerstein, Arthur, in, 136–137
Hammerstein, Oscar II, in, 140–141
Home James (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 91
“How Deep Is the Ocean” (Berlin), 176
Hubbell, Raymond, 86
I
“If I Loved You” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 13, 174
“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” 199
inventions, of Hammerstein, Oscar I, 17–19, 18
&nbs
p; “I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star,” from Music in the Air, 142, 176
J
Jackson, Rudolph, Hammerstein, Oscar I, nom de plume, 39–40
Jacobi, Malvina, 22, 22–23, 74–75
Jacobson, Dorothy Blanchard, Hammerstein, Oscar II, and, 126–131, 127, 128, 129
Jacobson, Henry, 126
Jefferson, Joseph, 27, 28
Jimmie, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 100
Johnson, William, 213
Jonay, Roberta, 183
Juch, Emma, 29
K
Kahn, Otto, 74, 75, 108
Kane, Helen, 132–133, 133
Karno, Fred, 62
Karno’s French vaudeville act, 63
Kelly, Gene, 152, 215
Kerker, Gustave, 36–37, 37, 86
Kern, Jerome, 86, 107, 111, 114, 117, 119, 128, 134–136, 135, 142–145, 145, 150, 153
death of, 178
Hammerstein, Oscar II, eulogy for, 179
Music in the Air, 142, 176
Show Boat, 10, 11, 13, 112–125, 113, 134, 136, 142, 148, 161, 169, 178, 217
Sunny, 99, 106–108, 138
Kessler, George, Hammerstein, Oscar I, fight with, 41–43
“A Kind of Grandfather” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 87
The King and I (Rodgers/Hammerstein, Oscar II), 11, 202–207, 202–208
The Koh-i-noor Diamond (Diamond) (Hammerstein, Oscar I), 38–40
Koster & Bial, 34, 41, 105
Diamond at, 40
Hammerstein, Oscar I, partnership with, 34–35
malfeasances of, 43
L
landscape painting, of Hammerstein, Willy, 27
Langner, Lawrence, 162–164, 163
“The Last Time I Saw Paris” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 147
Lawrence, Gertrude, 204, 204–208, 205, 206
Leach, Archibald. See Grant, Cary
Lee, C. Y., 214
The Lew Fields Theatre, 64, 64–65
Lexington Theatre, 83
Liliom (Molnar), 163–164
Lindsay, Howard, 141, 223
Linn, Bambi, in Oklahoma!/Carousel, 168
Logan, Joshua, 198–199, 202, 212
London Opera House, 79
Longacre Square, 43–45, 54
The Lottery Bride (Friml), 141
Luana (Friml), 141
Lynch, Mimi, 194
M
M. W. Mendel & Bros. manufactory, Hammerstein, Oscar I, employment at, 16
“Make Believe” (Hammerstein, Oscar II), 13, 174
Mamoulian, Rouben, as Oklahoma! director, 157
Mandel, Frank, 100–101, 108–109, 109, 133, 138, 141, 141–142
Manhattan, lower, 15
Manhattan Opera House, 29–31, 31, 32, 34, 57, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 104, 148
Manhattan Theatre, 141
Marceau, Marcel, 205
Marguerite, 49–50, 50
Marsh, Howard, in Show Boat, 122
Martin, Mary, 155, 198, 198–199, 199, 205, 217, 222, 223, 223, 224
Mary Jane McKane, Hammerstein, Arthur, production of, 103, 104
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