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Getting To Know Him: A Biography Of Oscar Hammerstein II Paperback – Aug. 22 1995
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Hugh Fordin
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Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat, and, with longtime collaborator Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theater.
Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theater.
- Print length432 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAug. 22 1995
- Dimensions13.97 x 2.49 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-100306806681
- ISBN-13978-0306806681
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About the Author
Hugh Fordin has been a producer in both theater and film. As head of casting for David Merrick, he was involved in the making of M*A*S*H, Hello Dolly!, and Play It Again, Sam. The author of The Movies' Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit at MGM, he lives in New York City, where he is the president of DRG Records.
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- Publisher : Da Capo Press (Aug. 22 1995)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 432 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0306806681
- ISBN-13 : 978-0306806681
- Item weight : 504 g
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 2.49 x 21.59 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,108,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #765 in Music Style of Musicals
- #2,146 in Singing (Books)
- #10,078 in Composer & Musician Biographies (Books)
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A wonderful, warm, authoritative biogrphaphy. It is obvious the Hammerstein family cooperatied fully with the author. The author is meticulous in his research. I advise next reading the autobiography of Richard Rodgers, and then reading the suburb biography of Stephen Soundheim, to whit, "Stephen Sondheim : A Life" by Meryle Secrest. Ockie was a great man...a man who never in his life visited a whore house and yet tried to write lyrics for a musical that was about a prostitute (i.e., the unsuccessful musical "PipeDream"). It fascinating how this book reprints some of the correspondance where John Steinbeck argues, in vein, for Oscar to stop sanitizing PipeDream to the point where the audience never knew the woman character was a lady of the evening. The book tells the story of every musical Hamerstein wrote lyrics for. I found myself buying CD cast albums as I encountered the story of each in the biography. The book is interesting and never boring, not even once.
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worldtalker
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Getting To Know Him
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2011Verified Purchase
Hammerstein has always been my favorite lyricist. There are two main things that I love about this book. 1.To find that (like so many that knew him have said)he was truly a gentle soul "A WONDERFUL GUY", that held the highest respect from his peers not just for his talent, but his niceness,(if you will).
2.The incredible 'pains' he took in terms of time and deep concentration to write the unforgettable lyrics that he did. Sometimes a week, to two or even three weeks, just for one single song!!!
Now THAT is true dedication and love of your art! Buy this book, it will forever inspire you to never give up!
2.The incredible 'pains' he took in terms of time and deep concentration to write the unforgettable lyrics that he did. Sometimes a week, to two or even three weeks, just for one single song!!!
Now THAT is true dedication and love of your art! Buy this book, it will forever inspire you to never give up!
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Kadie De Sena
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 10, 2014Verified Purchase
A gracious G-d rewards us with wonderful men like Hammerstein. Sadly, there are too few of them. I need music as much as the air I breathe, so this man has brought me much joy. I have always felt I 'knew his heart' after listening to his music. This fantastic book only made it better. I know, like the dew that rests on a rose....not enough stars in the sky. Great read about a great man.
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