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Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Hammerstein and Rodgers
Music Carousel
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Rodger And Hammerstein
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
has 7 synonyms ↓
Hammerstein and Rodgers
Music Carousel
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Rodger And Hammerstein
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Rogers and Hammerstein
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american songwriting

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(1902 - 1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 - 1960) were a well-known American songwriting duo, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein

They are most famous for creating a string of immensely popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, during what is considered the golden age of the medium

Five of their shows were outstanding successes: Oklahoma! (their first collaboration), Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music

In all, among the many accolades their shows (and their film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammys

began writing together before the era of the Tonys—Oklahoma! opened in 1943 and Carousel in 1945, and the Tonys were not awarded until 1947

Their entry on the Columbian Encyclopedia

Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. James Theatre in 1948

While the duo's work contains some of the happiest, cheerful, and most uplifting songs in American pop culture, there was a higher purpose addressed in many of their works. South Pacific clearly addresses racism

Official Rodgers and Hammerstein Site

Time Magazine 100 most influential artists

Biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein at their official site

Rodgers had previously been in a successful partnership with Lorenz Hart

Independently of each other, Rodgers and Hammerstein had been attracted to making a musical based on Lynn Riggs' stage play Green Grow the Lilacs

In 1945, a Technicolor musical film version of Phil Stong's novel State Fair, with songs and script by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was released

South Pacific opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years

Based on Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam, the biographical story of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s, Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 195

Based on a 1957 novel by C.Y. Lee, Flower Drum Song takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950s

The Sound of Music was Rodgers and Hammerstein's last work together

These two artists completely re-worked the musical theatre genre

Corporate components to many of the Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaptations are now owned by different companies. 20th Century Fox owns the film versions of Carousel, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and both versions of State Fair outright, whil

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Rodgers and Hammersteinhas 7 synonyms ↓Hammerstein and RodgersMusic CarouselRichard RodgersRichard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IIRodger And HammersteinRodgers & HammersteinRogers and HammersteinSuggest another synonym or correct a wrong one

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(1902 - 1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 - 1960) were a well-known American songwriting duo, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein

They are most famous for creating a string of immensely popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, during what is considered the golden age of the medium

Five of their shows were outstanding successes: Oklahoma! (their first collaboration), Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music

In all, among the many accolades their shows (and their film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammys

began writing together before the era of the Tonys—Oklahoma! opened in 1943 and Carousel in 1945, and the Tonys were not awarded until 1947

Their entry on the Columbian Encyclopedia

Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. James Theatre in 1948

While the duo's work contains some of the happiest, cheerful, and most uplifting songs in American pop culture, there was a higher purpose addressed in many of their works. South Pacific clearly addresses racism

Official Rodgers and Hammerstein Site

Time Magazine 100 most influential artists

Biography of Rodgers and Hammerstein at their official site

Rodgers had previously been in a successful partnership with Lorenz Hart

Independently of each other, Rodgers and Hammerstein had been attracted to making a musical based on Lynn Riggs' stage play Green Grow the Lilacs

In 1945, a Technicolor musical film version of Phil Stong's novel State Fair, with songs and script by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was released

South Pacific opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years

Based on Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam, the biographical story of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s, Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 195

Based on a 1957 novel by C.Y. Lee, Flower Drum Song takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950s

The Sound of Music was Rodgers and Hammerstein's last work together

These two artists completely re-worked the musical theatre genre

Corporate components to many of the Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaptations are now owned by different companies. 20th Century Fox owns the film versions of Carousel, The King and I, The Sound of Music, and both versions of State Fair outright, whil

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Rodgers and Hammerstein
has 7 synonyms ↓
Hammerstein and Rodgers
Music Carousel
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Rodger And Hammerstein
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Rogers and Hammerstein
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one