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Getting to know him: A biography of Oscar Hammerstein II (Unknown Binding)

by Hugh Fordin (Author)
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Oscar Hammerstein II was born in New York City in 1895. His first success came in 1924 with Rose-Marie; the following year he began a twenty-year association with composer Jerome Kern. Their eight musicals included the 1927 hit Show Boat. But it was with Richard Rodgers that Hammerstein forged his most memorable partnership. From 1942 until Hammerstein's death in 1960, the team wrote eleven musicals which have collectively earned an astounding 26 Tony awards, 14 Academy awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, and two Grammy awards. One hundred years after he was born, Hammerstein's accomplishments are more timely than ever as productions of his musicals continue in record numbers around the world. In Getting To Know Him: A Biography Of Oscar Hammerstein II, biographer Hugh Fordin draws on archives and interviews with hammerstein's wife Dorothy, his five children, and his friends and colleagues (including Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Jerome Robbins, James Michener, and Stephen Sondheim) to reveal a man whose homespun sensibility belied his truly complex nature. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details
  • Unknown Binding: 383 pages
  • Publisher: Random House; 1st ed edition (1977)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0394494415
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394494418
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,534,460 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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