Rodgers, Richard
Richard Rodgers' contributions to the musical theatre of his day was extraordinary, and his influence on the musical theatre of today and tomorrow is legendary. His career spanned more than six decades, his hits ranging from the silver screens of Hollywood to the bright lights of Broadway, London and beyond. He was the recipient of countless awards, including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. He wrote more than 900 published songs and forty Broadway musicals.
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Lorenz Hart (1895-1943) wrote their first shows together when both were still students attending Columbia University. Their breakthrough came with the score for a 1925 charity show, THE GARRICK GAITIES, which introduced the classic valentine to their hometown, "Manhattan."
Over the next five years they wrote fifteen musical comedies for Broadway and London's West End before relocating to Hollywood in 1930, where they contributed songs and wrote the scores for several movie musicals, most notably LOVE ME TONIGHT starring Maurice Chevalier.
In 1935 they returned to New York to write the score for Billy Rose's circus musical JUMBO, launching a golden era that included ON YOUR TOES, BABES IN ARMS, I'D RATHER BE RIGHT, I MARRIED AN ANGEL, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE, TOO MANY GIRLS, HIGHER AND HIGHER, PAL JOEY and BY JUPITER. In 1943 the partnership disbanded temporarily when Rodgers collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II on OKLAHOMA!, but it resumed with a revision of their 1927 hit A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, which opened on November 17, 1943 -- less than a week before Lorenz Hart's death.
For the next two decades Richard Rodgers collaborated exclusively with Oscar Hammerstein II on such musicals as CAROUSEL, ALLEGRO, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, PIPE DREAM and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Collectively, their musicals have garnered dozens of awards including: Pulitzer Prizes; Tonys, Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys; and Drama Desk, Drama Critics’ Circle, Outer Critics’ Circle, Laurence Olivier, and Evening Standard Awards.
After Hammerstein's death in 1960 Rodgers continued to write for the musical stage, including NO STRINGS, and collaborations with Martin Charnin, Stephen Sondheim and Sheldon Harnick. His fortieth, and final, Broadway musical, I REMEMBER MAMA, opened on Broadway less than eight months before his death on December 30, 1979.
The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway was renamed in his honor, and Rodgers and Hart were each commemorated on a US postage stamp at the end of the last century.
Shows Associated this writer
- All Kinds Of People
- Allegro
- Babes In Arms (oppenheimer Version)
- Babes In Arms (guare Version)
- Beguiled Again
- The Boys From Syracuse
- By Jupiter
- Carousel
- Cinderella
- Cinderella (enchanted Edition)
- A Connecticut Yankee
- Do I Hear A Waltz?
- Flower Drum Song
- Flower Drum Song (hwang Version)
- G2k Cinderella
- G2k The King And I
- A Grand Night For Singing
- G2k Oklahoma!
- I'd Rather Be Right
- I Married An Angel
- I Remember Mama
- The King And I
- Me And Juliet
- No Strings
- Oklahoma!
- On Your Toes
- Pipe Dream
- Pal Joey
- Rodgers & Hart - A Celebration
- Some Enchanted Evening - The Songs Of Rodgers & Hammerstein
- State Fair
- The Sound Of Music
- South Pacific
- Two By Two
- Getting To Know... The Sound Of Music
Songs Associated this writer
- Favorite Things Based On My Favorite Things
- Processional Waltz From The Sound Of Music
- Carousel, A Symphonic Portrait, Hollywood Bowl
- Dont Love Me Like Othello
- Fool Meets Fool
- For Jupiter And Greece
- Full Blown Roses
- Good Fellow Of Mine
- Greeks Have No Word For It
- Heigh-ho Lackaday!
- Hows Your Health
- I Love To Lie Awake In Bed
- I Wake At Morning
- Ill Take A Little Of You On Toast
- In The Gateway Of The Temple Of Minerva
- Its Pretty In The City
- Life Was Monotonous
- Life With Father
- Love Is My Friend
- Me For You! Woudnt You Love It
- Now That Ive Got My Strength
- Sleepy Head
- Two A Day For Keith
- Wheres That Little Girl With The Little Green Hat
- Youre On The Lido Now
- Youre The Mother Type
- Exit Music From South Pacific
- Finale Act One From The King And I
- Finale From Oklahoma!
- Finale Ultimo: From South Pacific
- Entracte From South Pacific
- She Likes You Quite A Lot
- Nature Music
- Overture Rex
- Do-re-mi Reprise
- Entracte State Fair
- Entracte Flower Drum Song
- Entracte I Remember Mama
- Peters Journey
- Wind It Up
- Overture Pipe Dream
- Overture I Remember Mama
- Overture Pal Joey
- Prologue The King & I - 1999
- Finale I Remeber Mama
- Finale Ultimo State Fair
- Finale - Babes In Arms
- Finale: The Sweetest Sounds Reprise
- Something Wonderful Reprise
- We Kiss In Ths Shadows Incidental
- Entracte The King And I
- Some Enchanted Evening Finale
- Finale Cinderella
- Finale Ultimo The Sound Of Music
- Heroes In The Fall
- By Jupiter Show
- Blue Monday
- Communications Established
- Company Street
- Entrance Of Liat
- Finale From Carousel
- Finale: Wedding Procession; Wedding Ceremony
- Introduction From Carousel
- Introduction From Oklahoma!
- It Is Not The End Of The World I Remember...
- Its Going To Be Good To Be Gone I Remember...
- Lullaby From Play I Remember Mama
- Mama Always Makes It Better Fr I Remember Mama
- Easy Come, Easy Go From I Remember Mama
- Oklahoma! - Original Cast Lp
- Opening Act Two From South Pacific
- Operation Alligator From: South Pacific
- Over Hill, Over Dale
- Prologue From The King And I
- Prologue From Carousel
- Black Box - Emi
- Johnny One Note Ballet
- Act 1 Finale From Two By Two
- Finaletto From South Pacific
- Cable Hears Bali Hai
- Company Street From South Pacific
- Bali Hai Girls Reprise
- Wonderful Guy Reprise, A
- Finale Act One From South Pacific
- After Emiles Solo
- Communications Discontinued
- Honey Bun Reprise
- Opening Act One The King And I
- Puzzlement Reprise, A
- I Whistle A Happy Tune Reprise
- Air
- Addiction Samples My Funny Valentine
- I Didnt Know What Time It Was
- Mountain Greenery
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- Acres Of Prisoners
- African War Is Over
- After Hitler, What
- After The Bomb
- Aftermath
- Agnes Demille: The Dances Of Carousel
- Air Detection Of Subs
- Air Strength
- Airborne Infantry
- Alarm
- All At Once
- All At Once You Love Her
- All Britain Works
- All Dark People
- All Dressed Up, Spic And Spanish
- All Er Nothin
- All I Owe Ioway
- All Kinds Of People
- All Points West
- Allegro
- Alleluia
- Allied Armada At Sicily
- Allied Rockets
- Allies On The March
- Altmark Found
- American Arsenal, The
- American Bombers
- American Destroyers
- American Idea, The
- Americans Arrive
- Amish, The
- Old Man, An
- Androcles And The Lion
- Angel Song
- Anger Erupts
- Another Side Of The Picture
- Any Old Place With You
- Anzio Landing
- Apprehension
- Approaching Enemy, The
- Are You My Love?
- Arena Pantomime
- Ark Royal
- Armada In Review
- Armed Service March
- As Far As Im Concerned
- As Once I Loved You
- As Though You Were There
- Asia For The Asians
- Asiatic Angles
- At Carthage
- At The Field Of Cloth Of Gold
- At The Sphynx
- Atlantic Blues
- Atlantic Convoy
- Attack Of Russia Imminent
- Audition, The
- Awaiting Outcome
- Away From Home
- Away From You
- Babes In Arms
- Baby You Love, The
- Babys Awake Now
- Babys Best Friend, A
- Back Beating
- Bad Tidings
- Bali Hai
- Barbara Frietchie
- Bargaining
- Barnard! Barnard!
- Battle For Leyte Gulf, The
- Battle For Tobruk
- Battle Of Britain, The
- Battle Of Crete
- Battle Of Sicily, The
- Battle Of Taranto
- Be My Host
- Belgian Front, The
- Bell Is No Bell, A
- Beloved Marrakesh
- Beneath The Southern Cross
- Beneath The Southern Moon
- Berlin Collapses
- Better Be Good To Me
- Bewitched
- Big Black Giant, The
- Billy And Julie
- Bismark Is Hurt
- Bismark Sighted
- Bismark Sunk
- Bismark, The
- Blitzkrieg
- Bloody Mary
- Blow High, Blow Low
- Blue Ocean Blues
- Blue Room, The
- Bogged Down
- Bombardier Song, The
- Bombers Limp Home
- Bombing Of Malta
- Boss May I Have A Raise
- Boundless Energy
- Boys And Girls Like You And Me
- Britain Alone
- Britain Prepares
- Britain Survives The Blitz
- British Convoys
- British Defense
- British Fleet In Egypt
- British Get Destroyed
- British Intelligence
- British Re-group At Crete
- British Scorn The Bombs
- British Security
- British Wait, The
- Britons Misinformed
- Britons Rejoice
- Broadway On Parade
- Brother Department, The
- Bums Opera
- Burma Curtain
- Burma Star, The
- Butchery
- Butterfly Love
- Calais
- Main Title Theme
- Cant Kill Our Spirits
- Cant You Do A Friend A Favor
- Canticle: Confitemini Domino
- Carefree Careterro
- Careless Rhapsody
- Carousel 1993 - Royal National Theatre Production
- Overture Carousel
- Carousel Vocal Selections
- Carousel Waltz, The
- Carrie And Mister Snow
- Casablanca Meeting
- Cassino May 1944
- Catherine
- Censure Defeated
- Charge Of The Light Brigade
- Cheerio
- Chequers
- Children Evacuated
- Chop Suey
- Chopin Heart, The
- Christmas At Hampton Court
- Churchill And Lord Gort
- Churchill Has Pneumonia
- Churchill Is Ill
- Churchill Is Out
- Churchill In Parliament
- Churchill Leaves
- Churchill, The Fighter
- Cinderella Waltz
- Circus Wedding, The Finale
- Climb Evry Mountain
- Cockeyed Optimist, A
- Color Of Her Eyes, The
- Colors Of America
- Come And Tell Me
- Come Home
- Conquest Of Micronesia, The
- Contrapunto
- Country Mouse, The
- Covenant, The
- Crazy Elbows
- D-day
- Dance In The Alley
- Dancing On The Ceiling
- Danger Down Deep
- Dear Jane
- Dear! Dear!
- Dear, Oh Dear
- Gavotte Dearest Enemy
- Death And Debris
- Death Of Me!, The
- Den Of Iniquity
- Did You Ever Get Stung?
- Dites-moi
- Do I Hear A Waltz?
- Do I Hear You Saying I Love You
- Do I Love You Because Youre Beautiful?
- Do It The Hard Way
- Do-re-mi
- Dont Be Afraid Of An Animal
- Dont Marry Me
- Dont Tell Your Folks
- Down By The Sea
- Dream Ballet
- Driving At Night
- Dr. Naples
- Eager Beaver
- Edelweiss
- Elizabeth
- Emporers Thumb, The
- End Of Nazis
- End Of World
- Entract Me And Juliet
- Evry Day Comes Something Beautiful
- Evry Sunday Afternoon
- Evrybody Loves You
- Everybody Loves Leona
- Everybodys Got A Home
- Everybodys Got A Home But Me
- Everything Ive Got
- Everything Thats Gonna Be, Has Been
- Exit Music
- Fair Is Fair
- Falling In Love With Love
- Fan Tan Fanny
- Farmer And The Cowman, The
- Farmer Dance
- Farmer, The
- Father Of The Man
- Fellow Needs A Girl, A
- Fiddlin Off Watch
- Finale Me And Juliet
- Finale Act One - Allegro
- Finale Valiant Years
- Finale Act Ii - Me And Juliet
- Fine Young Man, A
- Fire On The Waters
- Flower Drum Song Show
- Flute And Chopin
- Follow In Our Footsteps
- Forty Nights
- From Afar
- From Another World
- Gavotte Cinderella
- Gentleman Is A Dope, The
- Geraniums In The Winder
- German Unison
- Getting Married To A Person
- Getting To Know You
- Girls Dance
- Gitkas Song, The
- Give It Back To The Indians
- Give That Little Girl A Hand
- Glad To Be Unhappy
- Gladiators Ballet
- Gliding Through My Memoree
- Godmothers Song
- Golden Ram, The
- Good Fellow, Mine
- Goose Step
- Graduation Scene
- Grant Avenue
- Great Adventure, The
- Guadalcanal March
- Hallelujah Im A Bum
- Hammer Music
- Happiest House On The Block, The
- Happy Christmas, Little Friend
- Happy Talk
- Hard Work And Horseplay
- Harlemania
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- He Looks So Good To Me
- He Was Too Good To Me
- Heads Up
- Heart Is Quicker Than The Eye, The
- Hello
- Hello, Young Lovers
- Henry
- Here In My Arms
- Here We Are Again
- Heres A Hand
- Heres A Kiss
- Hey, Girlie
- Highest Judge Of All, The
- Highlights From Oklahoma!
- Hitler And Goering
- Hits From South Pacific And Carousel
- Hits From The King & I And Oklahoma!
- Honey Bun
- Hornpipe
- How About It Americas Sweetheart
- How About It? Hot Heiress
- How Can Love Survive
- How Long?
- How Sad
- How Was I To Know
- Howdy To Broadway
- Hump, The
- Hundred Million Miracles, A
- Hymn Of Victory
- I Am A Witch
- I Am Going To Like It Here
- I Am Wondering
- I Blush
- I Brought You A Gift
- I Caint Say No
- I Can Do Wonders With You
- I Could Write A Book
- I Enjoy Being A Girl
- I Feel At Home With You
- I Have Confidence
- I Have Dreamed
- I Have Loved And Ive Learned
- I Havent Got A Worry In The World
- I Know It Can Happen Again
- I Like To Recognize The Tune
- I Love You More Than Yesterday
- I Must Love You
- I Need Some Cooling Off
- I Still Believe In You
- I Want A Man Americas Sweetheart
- I Want A Man Lido Lady
- I Whistle A Happy Tune
- I Wish I Were In Love Again
- Id Rather Be Right
- Ill Do It Again Hallelujah Im A Bum
- Im A Fool, Little One
- Im A Tomboy
- Im Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
- Im Your Girl
- Ive Got Five Dollars
- If I Give In To You
- If I Loved You
- If I Werent King
- Impossible Cinderella
- In My Own Little Corner
- In The Cool Of The Evening
- In Time
- Independence Hall
- Indians
- Intermission Talk
- Iron This Dress
- Isnt It Kinda Fun
- Israel
- It Feels Good
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- It Must Be Heaven
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Its A Grand Night For Singing
- Its A Lovely Day For A Murder
- Its A Scandal! Its A Outrage!
- Its Got To Be Love
- Its Me
- Its Possible
- Its The Little Things In Texas
- Italian Position, The
- Jazz Bit
- Johnny One Note
- Jolly Churchill
- Joseph Taylor, Jr.
- Julie And Carrie
- June Is Bustin Out All Over
- Jupiter Forbid
- Kansas City
- Keep It Gay
- Keys To Heaven
- Killers And The Killed
- King And I, The Show
- King Is Calling The Prince, The
- Kings Song, The
- Kiss For Cinderella, A
- Knees
- La Princesse Zenobia
- La-la-la
- Lady Is A Tramp, The
- Lady Must Live, A
- Lady Raffles Behave
- Laendler
- Lagoon, The
- Laurey Makes Up Her Mind - Ballet
- Leslie Howard
- Lido Lady
- Like A God
- Like Ordinary People Do
- Lisbon
- Little Birdie Told Me So, A
- Little Dolores
- Little Flat Near Soho, A
- Little Souvenir, A
- Loads Of Love
- Loneliness Of Evening
- Lonely Goatherd, The
- Lonely Room
- Look No Further
- Love Is Not In Vain
- Love Makes The World Go
- Love Me By Parcel Post
- Love Never Went To College
- Love Theme
- Love Will Call
- Love, Look Away
- Loves Intense In Tents
- Alovely Night
- Lover
- Luftwaffe Prepares Anew
- Maine
- Man I Used To Be, The
- Man Who Has Everything, The
- Man Who Stole New York City, The
- Many A New Day
- March Of The Siamese Children, The
- Mare Nostrum
- Maria
- Marriage Type Love
- Mary And Lootellan
- Mary, Queen Of Scots
- Maybe Its Me Fifth Avenue Follies
- Maybe Its Me Peggy-ann
- Maybe Maybe Maybe
- Me For You
- Me, Who Am I?
- Meat And Potatoes
- Meditation
- Mediterranean Mosaic
- Melanesian Nightmare
- Memories Of Madison Square Garden
- Men From Milwaukee
- Midway Is East
- Mister Snow
- Money Isnt Evrything
- Mono Chant And Dixit Dominus
- Moon In My Window
- Moon Of My Delight
- More I See Of Other Girls, The
- More Than Just A Friend
- Mormons, The
- Morning Hymn
- Morning Is Midnight
- Most Disagreeable Man, A
- Mother Grows Younger
- Mountbatten Bridger
- Mr. Tuttle
- Mt. Ararat Change
- Muchacha, The
- Mud
- My Best Love
- My Favorite Things
- My Funny Valentine
- My Girl Back Home
- My Heart Stood Still
- My Lord And Master
- My Lucky Star
- My Man Is On The Make
- Never Go To Argentina
- Never Say No
- New England
- Next Morning, The
- Next Time It Happens, The
- Ninety Again
- No More Waiting
- No Other Love
- No Place But Home
- No Song More Pleasing
- No Strings
- No Understand
- No Way To Stop It
- Nobody Loves A Riveter
- Nobody Told Me
- Nobodys Heart
- North America Meets South America
- Northern Italy
- Nothing But You
- Now Is The Time
- Now You Leave
- Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma! Show
- On A Desert Island With Thee
- On A Lopsided Bus
- On The Track
- On Your Toes
- One Dam Thing After Another
- One Foot, Other Foot
- Opening - Act Ii Two By Two
- Opening Of Me And Juliet
- Opening Sequence
- Ordinary Couple, An
- Orthodox Fool, An
- Otello
- Other Generation, The
- Our State Fair
- Out Of My Dreams
- Overture Me And Juliet
- Overture The Sound Of Music
- Overture South Pacific
- P. T. Boat Song, The Steady As You Go
- Pablo, You Are My Heart
- Pacific Boils Over, The
- Pal Joey Show
- Paris
- Party That Were Going To Have Tomorrow Night, The
- Peace Tree Underscore
- Pears Of Anjou, The
- Peleliu
- People Will Say Were In Love
- Perfectly Lovely Couple
- Perhaps
- Philadelphia!
- Plant You Now, Dig You Later
- Poor Joe
- Poppa Knows Best
- Pore Jud
- Pore Jud Is Daid
- Preludium
- Prince Is Giving A Ball, The
- Put Him Away!
- Puzzlement, A
- Queen Elizabeth
- Questions And Answers
- Quiet Night
- Read Em And Weep
- Real Nice Clambake, A
- Relaxed Waiting
- Return To The Allies
- Revelation
- Rex
- Rhythm
- Rich Man!, Poor Man!
- Road To Mandalay, The
- Rock
- Royal Bangkok Academy, The
- Royal Dressing Room Scene
- Russians Blast Berlin
- Russians Celebrate
- Salute To The Seaway
- Saturday, Saturday, Saturday Night
- Scandal For The Jaybirds
- Scene Continues, The
- Scene Of Professors
- School Room Scene
- Sea And Sand
- Sealing The Breach
- Search, The
- Seaway March
- Selections From Carousel
- Send For Me
- Sentimental Me
- Serenade
- Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You
- Shall We Dance?
- She Could Shake The Maracas
- She Is Beautiful
- Ship Without A Sail, A
- Ships That Pass
- Short Bridge
- Shortest Day Of The Year, The
- Sing Betsy
- Sing Lady Fingers
- Sing For Your Supper
- Singing A Love Song
- Sitting On The Back Porch
- Sitting On The Porch In The Moonlight
- Sixteen Going On Seventeen
- Sky City
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
- Sleepyhead
- Small House Of Uncle Thomas, The
- Sniper Bridge
- Snow Ballet
- So Far
- So Long, Farewell
- So Much You Loved Me
- Soliloquy
- Some Enchanted Evening
- Someone Like You
- Someone Should Tell Them
- Someone Woke Up
- Something Doesnt Happen
- Something Good
- Something Wonderful
- Something, Somewhere
- Song Of Paree
- Song Of Paree, The
- Song Of The High Seas
- Song Of The King
- Song Of The Roustabouts, The
- Sorrow And Fear
- Sound Of Music, The
- Sound Of Music, The Show
- Sound Of Victory, The
- South Pacific Show
- Spic And Spanish
- Spring Is Here I Married An Angel
- Spring Is Here In Person Spring Is Here
- Spring Sunshine
- State Fair
- Stay
- Stepsisters Lament
- Stonecutters Cut It On Stone
- Stonewall Moskowitz March
- Strangers
- Strength Is My Weakness
- Suicide For Glory
- Suite From South Pacific And The King & I
- Sunday
- Sunny Pacific Islands, The
- Surrender Is Forbidden
- Surrey With The Fringe On Top, The
- Suzy Is A Good Thing
- Sweet Peter
- Sweet Sixty-five
- Sweet Thursday
- Sweetenheart
- Sweetest Sounds, The
- Symphonic Picture Of The Sound Of Music
- Symphonic Scenario
- Tas Dream
- Take And Take And Take
- Take Him
- Take The Moment
- Target Suribachi
- Tartar Song, The
- Te Deum
- Tell Me
- Tell Me I Know How To Love
- Tell Me, Daisy
- Ten Cents A Dance
- Ten Minutes Ago
- Ten Minutes Intermission
- Thank You So Much
- Thats For Me
- Thats The Song Of Paree
- Thats The Way It Happens
- Heart Is Quicker Than The Eye, The
- Theme Of Growing And Building
- Theme Of The Fast Carriers
- There Is Nothin Like A Dame
- Theres A Small Hotel
- Theres Music In You
- Theres Nothin So Bad For A Woman
- Theres So Much More
- Thinkinpipe Dream
- Thinking
- This Cant Be Love
- This Funny World
- This Is How It Feels
- This Isnt Heaven
- This Nearly Was Mine
- This Week Americans
- Three Bs, The
- Tide Pool, The
- Time
- To Have And To Hold
- To Keep My Love Alive
- Tokyo
- Too Good For The Average Man
- Too Soon
- Transformation Ballet
- Trap Drum Serenade
- Trapped At Stalingrad
- Tree In The Park, A
- Try Again Tomorrow
- Turkey Shoot, The
- Tuttles, The
- Twelve Oclock
- Twin Soliloquies
- Twinkling Eyes
- Two By Two
- Two Short Years
- Valiant Years, The
- Valley Forge
- Velvet Paws
- Very Special Day, A
- Victory At Sea
- Victory Parade
- Virtue Wins The Day
- Voyage Into Fate
- Wait Till You See Her
- Waiting
- Wake Up Little Theater
- Waltz For A Ball
- Way Out West
- We Are A Gang Of Witches
- We Deserve Each Other
- We Kiss In A Shadow
- We Will Be Together
- Well Be The Same
- Were Going To Balance The Budget
- Were Gonna Balance The Budget
- Were Gonna Be All Right
- Weve Got To Balance The Budget
- Wedding Processional, The
- Wedding, The
- Wee Golden Warrior, The
- Western People Funny
- What A Lovely Day For A Wedding
- What Do We Do We Fly
- What Do You Want With Money
- What Now
- Whats The Matter With The Man?
- Whats The Use
- Whats The Use Of Talking
- Whats The Use Of Wondrin
- When I Go On The Stage
- When I Marry Mr. Snow
- When It Dries
- When The Children Are Asleep
- When You Are Dancing The Waltz
- When Youre Dancing The Waltz
- When Youre Driving Through The Moonlight
- When?
- Where Is Cinderella
- Where Is My Son?
- Where Or When
- Where The Hudson River Flows
- Wheres That Little Girl
- Wheres That Rainbow?
- Who Are You?
- Who Would Refuse
- Whoopsie
- Why Rex
- Why Cant I?
- Why Do I
- Why Do You Suppose
- Why Me?
- Why?
- Why? Why? Why?
- Wildcats
- Wildrum
- Will You Marry Me?
- William Penn
- Willing And Eager
- Winston And F.d.r.
- Winston Back Home
- Winston Churchill
- Winters Go By
- Wish Them Well
- With A Song In My Heart
- Without My Money
- Woman Needs Something Like That, A
- Women Are Women
- Wonderful Guy, A
- Would I Not Love You?
- Yankee, Go Home
- Yatata
- You
- You Always Love The Same Girl
- You Are Beautiful
- You Are Never Away
- You Are So Lovely And Im So Lonely
- You Are Too Beautiful
- You Cant Fool Your Dreams
- You Could Not Please Me More
- You Dont Tell Me
- You Have Cast Your Shadow On The Sea
- You Have Got To Have A Rudder On The Ark
- You Mustnt Kick It Around
- You Never Had It So Good
- You Never Say Yes
- Youll Never Walk Alone
- Youre A Queer One Julie Jordan
- Youre Nearer
- Youre Not Living
- Youre The Cats
- Youve Got To Be Carefully Taught
- Younger Than Springtime
- Your Majesties
- Chase, The Rex
- Jack And Jill
- Come With Me
- Dear Old Syracuse
- Evrything Ive Got
- He And She
- Arsenal Of Democracy
- At Sea-radar
- Boy At War Cues
- Childrens Dance
- Churchill Story, The
- Climax At Tobruk
- Colonel From Connecticut Cues
- Commando Exercise
- Common Enemy - Japan
- Communism Starts
- Conference, The
- Conference Concluded
- Confidence Valiant Years
- Continued Bombing, A
- Convoy Attacks
- Corporal Hitler
- Corregidor
- D-day
- D-day Confirmed
- D-day Minus One
- Darios Overture
- Daylight Raid
- Dear Winston
- Death And Destruction
- Decision At Last
- Decisive Victory
- Degaulle In London
- Denmark Strait
- Design For Peace
- Design For War
- Dictators Begin
- Die Is Cast, The
- Domination Of The Seas
- Dont Argue
- Dorsay Palace
- Duce Banished
- Duck Takes Off
- Dunkirk
- Dunkirk Beach
- Easy Prey, An
- Eighth Army Advances
- End Is Sure
- End Of The Spee
- End Of The U Boat Menace
- End Title The Valiant Years
- Entering Paris
- Entertainment
- Evacuation, The
- Fate Of Europe
- F.d.r. Dead
- Find The Altmark
- First Summit, The
- Flight Over Washington
- Flight To America
- Flight To Crete
- Floating Harbors
- Flush Of Victory
- French Cabinet
- French Fleet, The
- Friend Indeed, A
- Fuehrer Is Alarmed, The
- Full Fathom Five
- Future Conduct Of War
- German Might
- Germans Eye Norway
- Germans Fight Back
- Germans Prepare
- Gilberts And Marshalls
- Good Bye F.d.r.
- Graf Spee, The
- Grave Anxiety
- Great Depression, The
- Great Leader, The
- Greece Fights Back
- Guadalcanal
- Gustav Line, The
- Happy Hump
- Happy Soldiers
- Happy Spirits
- Hatred Of War
- Have Faith
- Heydrich Killed
- Hitler Menaces
- Hitlers Dream
- Holland
- Home Front Prepares
- Home Guard, The
- Homeguard Trains
- Hong Kong
- Hornets Nest
- Hunt Is On, The
- Hyde Park
- I Slept Soundly
- Ike
- Imphal Plain, The
- Important Announcement, An
- Important Visitor, An
- In Gods Good Time
- In Ottawa
- In The Air
- India Riots
- India The Goal
- Indian Army, The
- Infamous Pact, The
- Intro To Rommel
- Invasion Of Greece
- Irish Stew
- Iron Curtain
- Italian Campaign Starts Well
- Italian Donkey, The
- Italian People, The
- Italians In The Desert
- Italy Hangs In The Balance
- Italys Fate
- Italy Strikes
- Japs Exult
- Keep Fit
- Kesselring Acts
- Know The Truth
- Land Cues
- Launching The Bismark
- Let Us To The Battle
- Letter From The King
- Liberation-parts I And Ii
- Lidice
- Lifting Of Spirits, A
- Lightning
- Lions, The
- Lisbon Airport
- London Blitz Begins
- London Bridge
- London In Flames
- Luftwaffe Prepares
- Mad Rommel
- Magnetic March, The
- Majestic England
- Major Disaster, A
- Mandalay
- Maneuvers Intensified
- Maquis, The
- Marakeesh
- March Into Prague
- March Triumphant
- Mare Dolce
- Mareth Line, The
- Mass Funeral
- Mediterranean, The
- Mediterranean-part 2
- Merrills Raiders
- Message To Mrs. Roosevelt
- Midway
- Mr. P And Mr. Q
- Monte Cassino-part I
- Monte Cassino-part 2
- More Cities Fall
- Mortal Danger
- Mosquito Fleet
- Mother India
- Mussolini Rescues
- Naples Liberated
- Nazi Blood
- Nazi Freeze
- Nazis Defeat In Africa
- Nazis Dig In
- Nazis Enter Paris
- Near Tragedy
- New Killers
- New Techniques
- Next Thousand Years, The
- Night Of The Full Moon
- No Advance
- No Air Reserve
- No Power
- North Africa
- Norway Campaign Begins
- Nothing To Fear
- Observer Corps
- Omaha Beach
- On Both Sides
- On To India
- On To Tunisia
- On With The Chase
- One Idea
- One Month Before D Day
- Open City
- Operation Catapult
- Oranges And Lemons
- Pacific Reversed
- Pagan Victory
- Paratroops In Trouble
- Paris Fears Worst
- Paris Triumph
- Parliamentary Process
- Parting
- Pathfinder Cues
- Pearl Harbor
- Pearl Harbor
- Pent Up Fury
- Pirate And Patriot Cues
- Planning
- Planning Operation Torch
- Plague Cues, The
- Poland Laid Low
- Poor England
- Problems At Home
- Quebec Meeting
- Quick Decision
- Re-arm Your Spirits
- Recapitulation
- Red Tape
- Rescue At Sea
- Resolute Churchill
- Retaliation
- Return Of The Allies
- Ring Twice
- Rings Around Rabaul
- Rockets
- Roman Renaissance
- Rome Liberated
- Rumors The Valiant Years
- Russia Digs In
- Russian Dinner
- Russians In Vienna
- Russians Parade
- Russians Remain
- Russian Winter, The
- Salerno Taken
- Scramble
- Search For Rifles
- Second Factor, The
- Sense Of Victory
- Serpent Strikes, The
- Seven Seconds
- Shaef Leaders
- Ship Of State
- Singapore
- Singapore Digs In
- Singapore Falls
- Situation Precarious
- Smolensk Falls
- Somersby Bridge
- South Atlantic
- Speech To Italians
- Speeds End
- Spring 1945
- Stalemate
- Stalingrad Triumph
- Stand To The Last Man
- Start From Malta
- Strange Leisure
- Survival
- Taking A Beating
- Taranto
- Tearing Into Russia
- Ten Downing Street
- Terror Created
- Thanks To God
- Thanksgiving
- Their Usual Jobs
- Thermopilae
- This Evil Man
- Tobruk Has Surrendered
- Torch Is Lit, The
- Touch Politician
- Tripoli Address
- Tripoli Bagpipes
- Tripoli Taken
- Trouping The Colour
- Truman Arrives
- Turning Point, The
- Two If By Sea
- U-boat Horror
- U-boat Menace
- Unknown Soldier
- Unsuspecting Russia
- U.s. In War
- U.s. On Our Side
- Very Little Action
- Victory At All Costs
- Visit To Moscow
- Vote Of Censure
- Voting
- Wales And Repulse, The
- War Is Over, The
- War - Not Folly
- Warnings Remembered
- Watchful Waiting
- Wavell Prepares Offensive
- We Felt Thankful
- We Shall Fight
- We Shall Fight On
- We Were Outpassed
- Weak And Naked
- Weather Problem, The
- Weather Worsens
- Westminster Abbey
- When, Where Or How
- Wild Bill Hickok Cues
- Will To Victory
- Wingate
- Wingate Passes
- Wingates Chindits
- Winning In The Air
- Winston And His Lady
- Winston Arrives In France
- Winston In Berlin
- Winston In Trouble
- Winston Is Back
- With Mr. Roosevelt
- Wolf Pack
- World Waits, The
- Yugoslav Protest
- Yugoslavia
- Darn Nice Campus, A
- Diploma
- End Of College Dance
- I Have Let The Time Run On
- It May Be A Good Idea
- Jennie Reads Letter
- Pipe Dream
- Pudgy Legs
- Were On Our Way
- When I Go Out Walkin With My Baby
- Imagine
- It Never Happened Before
- Im Hard To Please
- Softer Than A Kitten
- Ladies Of The Evening
- Party Gets Going, The
- He Had Twins
- Chicago
- Oh, Diogenes
- What Can You Do With A Man
- Prince Is Giving A Balll, The Cinderella 97
- Ballet Carousel
- Carousel Show
- Arrival At Bangkok
- Dance Of Anna And Sir Edward
- Youre What I Need
- Yours Sincerely
- How Can You Forget?
- Beguiled Again
- Give It To Em Good Carrie
- Sermon, The
- Overture Oklahoma!
- Overture Allegro
- Overture Cinderella
- Overture Flower Drum Song
- Entracte The Sound Of Music
- Cinderella Show
- Me And Juliet Show
- Theres Music In You Cinderella 1997
- Overture The King And I
- Overture & Te Deum Rex
- Submarines In The Calm Sea
- Attack, The
- Anfield Rap
- Opening - Act I
- Wedding, The
- Entrance Of Ensemble
- So Big A World
- Finale South Pacific
- Finale Flower Drum Song
- Freshman Get Together
- Gaudeamus Domino
- Masquerade Brawl
- Overture Do I Hear A Waltz?
- Rudder Change
- Writer Writes At Night, A
- Finale The King And I
- Little Africa
- Finale Oklahoma!
- Overture On Your Toes
- Heaven Effect
- Throw Me Away
- Quicker Than Dead
- Children Sing, Priests Chant
- Finale The Boys From Syracuse
- I Gotta Get Back To New York
- Zip
- Flower Garden Of My Heart, The
- Happy Hunting Horn
- That Terrific Rainbow
- What Do I Care For A Dame
- What Is A Man?
- Magnetic North
- Regents March, The
- Joy Spreader, The
- Overture State Fair
- Black And White
- March Of The Knights
- Pottawatomie
- Bottoms Up
- Day Lars Gundersen Died, The
- State Fair 1996 Broadway Production
- Royal Dance Before The King
- Procession Of The White Elephant
- Ballet Oklahoma!
- Cue 12, Scene Before Curtain
- Cue 16
- Bring Me Edelweiss
- Girl I Love To Leave Behind, The
- Allegro Show
- Annabelle Solo Allegro
- Overture Babes In Arms
- Casino Scene No Strings
- Cinderella March
- Dance Pipe Dream
- Dream Sequence Allegro
- Peach Tree
- Im Talkin To My Pal
- Big Brother
- Let Antipholus In
- Overture The Boys From Syracuse
- Prologue The Boys From Syracuse
- This Is My Night To Howl
- Camp-fire Days
- Dear Old Wigwam
- I Beg Your Pardon
- Prayer To Buddha
- Anna Will Stay
- Old Fashioned Girl
- April Fool
- Gilding The Guild
- Id Like To Poison Ivy
- Moonlight Mama
- On With The Dance
- Soliciting Subscriptions
- Three Musketeers, The
- Id Like To Hide It
- Confrontation Underlying Song - My Lord & Master
- Sawdust And Spangles And Dreams
- Working Chant
- We Got Clowns
- March Of The Clowns
- Dixit Dominus
- Main Title King & I - 1992 Recording
- Banquet Scene The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Finale Ultimo The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Garden Scene The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Main Title The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Temple Scene The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Anna Unpacks The King & I 1992 Studio Recording
- Ill Miss You
- Anna And The Royal Wives
- King And I Original Animated Feature Soundtrack
- Little Bit More, A
- Nuns And Nazis So Long, Farewell
- Six Little Plays
- Ladies Of The Box Office
- Cup Of Tea, A
- Third Degree Of Love, The
- Gone Are The Days
- Evergreen Show
- Overture A Connecticut Yankee
- Tell It To The Marines
- Highlights From South Pacific
- Off The Record
- Sound Of Music The Pitch, The
- Garden Rendezvous
- Little House In Soho, A
- Processional From Flower Drum Song
- At The Golden Pearl
- Mother And Daughter March
- Waltz Of Anna And Sir Ramsey
- Salzburg Montage The Sound Of Music Film
- Grand Waltz, The The Sound Of Music Film
- Finale The Sound Of Music Film
- Chase The Sound Of Music Film, The
- You Are So Fair
- Lonely Little Room
- Wives And Children Exit
- Underscore
- Prelude
- Postlude To The March Of The Siamese Children
- Polka Doloroso
- Opening
- Home Sweet Home
- Finale Scene 6
- Exit Of Wives
- End Of Play
- Encore
- Change Into Scene 8
- Change Into Scene 7
- Change Into Scene 6
- Change Into Scene 5
- Change Into Scene 2
- Change Into Scene 11
- Change Into Scene 10
- Home Sweet Home 1992 King & I Recording
- Finale Connecticut Yankee, A
- Pal Joey Overture
- Dream Inspired By Happy Talk
- Finale Pal Joey
- Sound Of Music, The Danish Lyrics
- Ever-ready Freddie
- Harbour 1992 King And I Recording
- Welcome To Bangkok 1992 Cast Recording
- Processional: Grandeamus
- Boy I Left Behind Me
- Disgustingly Rich
- Fair Trade
- Fly With Me
- Hermits, The
- Tho Weve No Authentic Reason
- Son Of A Gun Is Nothing But A Tailor
- Unspoken Thoughts
- More Light Contains My Favorite Things
- Ladies Are U Wit Me Samples Im Gonna Wash That
- Baby Stars
- Ballet, The
- Connecticut Yankee, A
- Dixit Dominus New File Entry
Concerts Associated this writer
- The March Of Siamese Children (Theatre Version)
- Oklahoma! Overture (Theatre Version)
- On Your Toes Overture (Theatre Version)
- Overture #1 (Richard Rodgers)
- Overture #2 (Richard Rodgers)
- Pas De Deux Ballet From Carousel (1994 Theatre Version)
- Pipe Dream Overture (Theatre Version)
- Richard Rodgers Suite
- Richard Rodgers Waltzes
- Shall We Dance? (Instrumental Version)
- South Pacific Overture (Theatre Version)
- Symphonic Picture Of The Sound Of Music
- Song Of The High Seas (From Victory At Sea)
- Guadalcanal March (From Victory At Sea)
- Hard Work And Horseplay (From Victory At Sea)
- Mare Nostrum (From Victory At Sea)
- Blue Moon
- Blue Room
- Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)
- It's Easy To Remember
- Falling In Love With Love (Theatre Version)
- I Could Write A Book
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- I Married An Angel
- It's Got To Be Love (Theatre Version)
- Little Girl Blue
- Lover
- Mimi
- Mountain Greenery
- My Funny Valentine
- My Heart Stood Still
- My Romance
- Quiet Night
- There's A Small Hotel
- This Can't Be Love
- Two-A-Day For Keith (Theatre Version)
- Where Or When
- So Long, Farewell (Theatre Version)
- Lonely Room (Theatre Version)
- Stonecutters Cut It On Stone (Theatre Version)
- The Boys From Syracuse Overture (1938 Theatre Version)
- Edelweiss (G Major)
- I Wish I Were In Love Again & Reprise (1959 Theatre Version)
- My Lord And Master (Theatre Version)
- Dites-Moi (Theatre Version)
- Western People Funny (Theatre Version)
- Don't Marry Me (1958 Theatre Version)
- Babes In Arms Overture (1937 Theatre Version)
- Where Or When (1937 Theatre Version)
- Spring Is Here (Theatre Version)
- You Musn't Kick It Around (Theatre Version)
- Pal Joey Overture (Theatre Version)
- South Pacific Entr'Acte (Theatre Version)
- Bali Ha'i (Film Version)
- Bloody Mary (Film Version)
- A Cockeyed Optimist (Film Version)
- Dites-Moi/Finale Ultimo (Film Version)
- The Gentleman Is A Dope (Theatre Version)
- Getting To Know You (Film Version)
- Glad To Be Unhappy (Theatre Version)
- Happy Talk (Film Version)
- I Cain't Say No (Theatre Version)
- I Whistle A Happy Tune (Film Version)
- Impossible (Theatre Version)
- The Lady Is A Tramp (1937 Theatre Version)
- The Lady Is A Tramp (1959 Theatre Version)
- My Funny Valentine (1937 Theatre Version)
- My Funny Valentine (1959 Theatre Version)
- My Lord And Master (Film Version)
- The Next Time It Happens
- Pore Jud Is Daid (Film Version)
- Prologue And The Sound Of Music (Film Version)
- A Puzzlement (Film Version)
- Shall I Tell You What I Think Of You? (Film Version)
- Shall We Dance? (Film Version)
- Some Girl Is On Your Mind (Theatre Version)
- Something Wonderful (Film Version)
- Song Of The King (Film Version)
- The Sound Of Music Finale (Film Version)
- This Nearly Was Mine (Film Version)
- A Tribute To The Music Of Rodgers & Hammerstein And Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Twin Soliloquies/Unspoken Thoughts/Some Enchanted Evening (Film Version)
- A Wonderful Guy (Film Version)
- Younger Than Springtime (Film Version)
- You've Got To Be Carefully Taught (Film Version)
- Carousel Selection For Orchestra
- Dream Ballet From Oklahoma! (Film Version)
- Highlights From Oklahoma!
- Highlights From The Sound Of Music
- A Hundred Million Miracles (Instrumental Version)
- The King And I Main Title (Film Version)
- Oklahoma! Selection For Orchestra
- The Regents March
- Serenade To Spring
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Mason)
- The Sound Of Music Selection For Orchestra
- South Pacific Main Title (Film Version)
- South Pacific Symphonic Scenario
- You'll Never Walk Alone (C Major)
- Cinderella March (Theatre Version)
- Cinderella Waltz
- Hornpipe (Theatre Version)
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Spialek/Whiteman)
- A Little Bit More (Theatre Version)
- Boys From Syracuse Overture (1965 Theatre Version)
- Suite From The Ballet “Ghost Town”
- March Of The Clowns (From The Nursery Suite)
- Flower Drum Song Overture (1958 Theatre Version)
- Bloody Mary (Theatre Version)
- Blow High, Blow Low (Theatre Version)
- Graduation Scene From Carousel (Theatre Version)
- Happy Talk (Theatre Version)
- How Can Love Survive (Theatre Version)
- I Whistle A Happy Tune (Theatre Version)
- It's Me (Theatre Version)
- June Is Bustin' Out All Over (Theatre Version)
- Kansas City (Theatre Version)
- Many A New Day (Theatre Version)
- Mister Snow (Theatre Version)
- Out Of My Dreams (Ab Major Theatre Version)
- Pore Jud Is Daid (Theatre Version)
- A Puzzlement (Theatre Version)
- A Real Nice Clambake (Theatre Version)
- Small House Of Uncle Thomas (Theatre Version)
- Soliloquy (Theatre Version)
- Something Wonderful (Theatre Version)
- The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Theatre Version)
- Waltz For A Ball (Theatre Version)
- We Kiss In A Shadow (Theatre Version)
- Thou Swell (1927 Theatre Version)
- The March Of Siamese Children (Film Version)
- He Was Too Good To Me
- A Twinkle In Your Eye
- Johnny One Note (1959 Theatre Version)
- There Is Nothin' Like A Dame (Theatre Version)
- I Have Dreamed (Theatre Version)
- Zip (Theatre Version)
- D-Day (From Victory At Sea)
- Loads Of Love (Theatre Version)
- Questions And Answers (The Three B's) (Theatre Version)
- My Favorite Things (Theatre Version)
- Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Theatre Version)
- No Way To Stop It (Theatre Version)
- An Ordinary Couple (Theatre Version)
- Babes In Arms (1937 Theatre Version)
- I Could Write A Book (Theatre Version)
- He And She (Theatre Version)
- Grant Avenue (2002 Theatre Version)
- I Enjoy Being A Girl (1958 Theatre Version)
- It Might As Well Be Spring (Theatre Version)
- It's A Grand Night For Singing (Theatre Version)
- Rodgers & Romance - Orchestral Interlude
- Carousel - A Dance
- The Sound Of Music Main Title And Preludium (Film Version)
- Impossible/The Transformation/It's Possible Finale - Act I (Theatre Version)
- All I Owe Ioway (Theatre Version)
- Getting To Know You (Theatre Version)
- Some Enchanted Evening (Concert Version)
- The Sound Of Music Entr'Acte (Theatre Version)
- Gaudeamus Domino, Processional And Confitemini Domino (No. 37, 37a And 37b From TSOM) (Theatre Version)
- I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Instrumental Version)
- Hello, Young Lovers (Theatre Version)
- Dream Ballet From Oklahoma! (Theatre Version)
- Finale Ultimo/Dite-Moi (Theatre Version)
- Medley: No Strings & The Sweetest Sounds
- Highlights From State Fair (Concert Band)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Concert Band Version)
- Where Or When (Concert Band Version)
- Richard Rodgers: A Symphonic Portrait For Concert Band
- Victory At Sea Symphonic Scenario For Orchestra
- The Carousel Waltz (Theatre Version)
- Sing For Your Supper (Theatre Version Gb Major)
- State Fair Overture (Theatre Version)
- The Sound Of Music (Reprise) (Theatre Version)
- The Sound Of Music (Stage Band Version)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Young Concert Band Version)
- Themes From Victory At Sea (Young Concert Band Version)
- Guadalcanal March (Mason Version)
- Two By Two Overture (Concert Band Version)
- Falling In Love With Love (Stage Band Version)
- Younger Than Springtime (Theatre Version)
- Nobody's Heart (Theatre Version)
- I Married An Angel (Theatre Version)
- I Wish I Were In Love Again (1937 Theatre Version)
- All At Once You Love Her (Theatre Version)
- The King And I Selection (Standard Full Band Version)
- Orchestral Selection From Boys From Syracuse
- Oklahoma! Selection (Band Version)
- The Carousel Waltz (Concert Band Version)
- The March Of Siamese Children (Concert Band Version)
- The Regents March (Concert Band Version)
- Carousel Selection For Concert Band
- Serenade To Spring (Concert Band Version)
- The Sound Of Music Selection For Concert Band
- South Pacific Selection (Standard Full Band Version)
- Cinderella Overture For Concert Band
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain For Concert Band
- One Foot, Other Foot (Theatre Version)
- You Are Never Away & Encore (Theatre Version)
- Allegro Entr'Acte (Theatre Version)
- Money Isn't Everything (Theatre Version)
- Allegro & Ballet Music (Theatre Version)
- The Carousel Waltz (Abridged Concert Version)
- March Of The Siamese Children (Concert Version)
- Highlights From Carousel
- Cinderella March (Concert Version)
- Falling In Love With Love (Small Orchestra Version)
- Highlights From The King And I
- The King And I Selection
- Loneliness Of Evening (Theatre Version)
- Dear Old Syracuse (1963 Theatre Version)
- The Lady Is A Tramp (Sabesky)
- A Cockeyed Optimist (Elliott)
- A Fellow Needs A Girl
- A Very Special Day (G Major Theatre Version)
- A Wonderful Guy
- All At Once You Love Her
- Bali Ha'i (Theatre Version)
- Bali Ha'i (French Theatre Version)
- A Fellow Needs A Girl (Theatre Version)
- Do-Re-Mi
- Getting To Know You
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (Theatre Version)
- Come Home (Theatre Version)
- Happy Christmas, Little Friend
- Happy Talk
- Hello, Young Lovers
- How Long?
- I Enjoy Being A Girl (Eb Major)
- I Enjoy Being A Girl (F Major)
- I Have Dreamed
- I Whistle A Happy Tune
- It Might As Well Be Spring
- If I Loved You (Eb Major)
- If I Loved You (Db Major)
- It's A Grand Night For Singing (Concert Version)
- June Is Bustin' Out All Over
- Kansas City
- Keep It Gay
- My Favorite Things
- Love Look Away
- Many A New Day
- Mister Snow
- No Other Love
- Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
- Out Of My Dreams
- People Will Say We're In Love (A/D Major)
- Something Wonderful
- Sunday
- The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- So Far (Theatre Version)
- There Is Nothin' Like A Dame
- Sweet Thursday (Theatre Version)
- We Kiss In A Shadow
- You Are Beautiful
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Bb Major To Db Major)
- Younger Than Springtime (F Major)
- You've Got To Be Carefully Taught (Theatre Version)
- What A Lovely Day For A Wedding (Theatre Version)
- Allegro Overture (Theatre Version)
- Carousel Entr'Acte (Theatre Version)
- Carousel Film Score Suite
- I Remember Mama Overture (Theatre Version)
- Rodgers & Hart Medley
- I Do Not Know A Day I Did Not Love You (Theatre Version)
- Ev'ry Day Comes Something Beautiful (Theatre Version)
- I Have Confidence (Theatre Version)
- An Evening Of Rodgers & Hammerstein Classics
- Easy To Love Concert Package
- The Rodgers & Hart Concert
- Soon
- The Carousel Waltz (Concert Version)
- All Points West
- Bali Ha'i
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Tenor Version)
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Choral Version)
- Edelweiss (Theatre Version)
- Soliloquy
- The Sound Of Music (Choral Version)
- The Sound Of Music (F Major)
- The Sound Of Music (G Major)
- The Sound Of Music (Theatre Version)
- The Sound Of Music Overture
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Kay)
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Bennett)
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (Theatre Version)
- The Farmer And The Cowman (Theatre Version)
- The Farmer And The Cowman Dance (Theatre Version)
- With A Song In My Heart (Db Major)
- With A Song In My Heart (Eb Major)
- The Sweetest Sounds (Theatre Version)
- Sing For Your Supper (Theatre Version)
- Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (Theatre Version)
- Oklahoma (Theatre Version)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Theatre Version)
- A Cockeyed Optimist (Theatre Version)
- Maria (Theatre Version)
- All Er Nothin' (Theatre Version)
- Twin Soliloquies/Unspoken Thoughts (Theatre Version)
- To Keep My Love Alive (Theatre Version)
- What's The Use Of Wond'rin'? (Theatre Version)
- Oklahoma! Suite
- Oklahoma! Overture/Main Title/Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (Film Version)
- Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Theatre Version)
- Ten Minutes Ago (Theatre Version)
- All Er Nothin' (C Major Film Version)
- Cinderella Overture (Symphonic Version)
- Edelweiss (Ab Major)
- R&H Orchestra Interlude - Overture
- The Farmer And The Cowman (Film Version)
- Honey Bun (Theatre Version)
- I Cain't Say No (Film Version)
- Kansas City (Film Version)
- Kansas City Dance (Film Version)
- The King And I Overture (Theatre Version)
- Many A New Day (Film Version)
- Many A New Day Dance (Film Version)
- Some Enchanted Evening (Theatre Version)
- Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (Film Version)
- Oklahoma (Film Version)
- People Will Say We're In Love (Film Version)
- This Nearly Was Mine (Theatre Version)
- Shall We Dance? (Theatre Version)
- The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Film Version)
- Johnny One-Note (1937 Theatre Version)
- A Wonderful Guy (Theatre Version)
- Manhattan
- State Fair Suite
- When The Children Are Asleep (Theatre Version)
- Love Makes The World Go (Theatre Version)
- Why Me? (Theatre Version)
- What Can You Do With A Man (Theatre Version)
- Carousel Suite
- Edelweiss-Laendler Medley
- The Laendler
- The Lonely Goatherd (Theatre Version)
- Do-Re-Mi & Encore (Theatre Version)
- A Lovely Night (Theatre Version)
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
- Stepsisters’ Lament (Theatre Version)
- In My Own Little Corner (Theatre Version)
- Cinderella Overture (Theatre Version)
- Ghost Town Ballet
- Me And Juliet Overture (Theatre Version)
- A Hundred Million Miracles (1958 Theatre Version)
- My Girl Back Home (Theatre Version)
- A Rodgers & Hammerstein And Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert
- Falling In Love With Love (1938 Theatre Version)
- It's A Scandal! It's A Outrage! (Theatre Version)
- Younger Than Springtime (Eb Major)
- Nuns' Processional (Morning Hymn) (Theatre Version) - Chorus
- The Next Time It Happens (Theatre Version)
- Chop Suey (Theatre Version)
- Golden Ram (Theatre Version)
- No Other Love (Theatre Version)
- Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered) (Theatre Version)
- All Er Nothin' (D Major Film Version)
- Something Wonderful: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert
- The Choruses Of Rodgers And Hammerstein
- Oklahoma
- Something Good (1967 Theatre Version In F)
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Film Version)
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Bb To B Theatre Version)
- You Are Beautiful (Theatre Version)
- Highlights From South Pacific (Concert Band Version)
- Highlights From The Sound Of Music (Concert Band Version)
- The Lonely Goatherd (Polka) (Concert Band Version)
- Richard Rodgers Symphonic Marches (Concert Band Version)
- Slaughter On Tenth Avenue For Solo Piano And Concert Band
- The Carousel Waltz (Film Version)
- If I Loved You (Film Version)
- June Is Bustin' Out All All Over & Dance (Film Version)
- You'll Never Walk Alone (Film Version)
- Soliloquy (Film Version)
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (Film Version)
- The King And I Overture (Film Version)
- I Have Confidence (Film Version)
- Highlights From The Boys From Syracuse (Concert Band Version)
- Highlights From Carousel (Concert Band Version)
- Highlights From State Fair
- Highlights From Oklahoma (Concert Band Version)
- March Of The Siamese Children (Concert Band Version)
- If I Loved You (Concert Band Version)
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Concert Band Version)
- Highlights From The King And I (Concert Band Version)
- Themes From The King And I (Concert Band Version)
- Selections From The King And I
- I Enjoy Being A Girl (Film Version)
- Grant Avenue (Film Version)
- You Are Beautiful (Film Version)
- There Is Nothin' Like A Dame (Film Version)
- Something Good (Film Version)
- Soliloquy (Reduced Orchestration)
- Soliloquy (A Minor)
- A Ship Without A Sail
- Our State Fair (Theatre Version)
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- That Terrific Rainbow (Theatre Version)
- Great Big Town (Encore)(Theatre Version)
- The Lagoon
- So Long, Farewell (Film Version)
- Oh, Diogenes! (Theatre Version)
- Everything I've Got (Theatre Version)
- I'm Talking To My Pal (Theatre Version)
- I Like To Recognize The Tune (Theatre Version)
- The Flower Garden Of My Heart (Theatre Version)
- Great Big Town And Encore (Theatre Version In E-flat Major To D Major)
- The Heart Is Quicker Than The Eye (Theatre Version)
- My Funny Valentine (Theatre Version In B Minor)
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Theatre Version)
- That's The Way It Happens (Theatre Version)
- Something Good (1967 Theatre Version)
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Exclusive: Audra McDonald sings "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
Broadway treasure and 5-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald sings "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" in this newly released clip from NBC The Sound of Music Live's companion soundtrack. Read More
Live from Lincoln Center Presents RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL
Live From Lincoln Center presents the New York Philharmonic’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s iconic American musical, Carousel, featuring a star-studded cast including Kelli O'Hara, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Shuler Hensley, Jason Danieley, Jessie Mueller, Kate Burton, John Cullum and New York City Ballet dancers Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck. “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel” is hosted by Audra McDonald and will air on PBS stations on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 9 p.m. (ET) (check local listings) Read More
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Cast Recording
The company of RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA will enter the studio on March 18 to preserve the Original Broadway Cast Recording for Ghostlight Records. Read More
"A Lovely Night" CINDERELLA Opens on Broadway
"OMG! THE ULTIMATE AND MOST ENDURING OF MAKEOVER SHOWS is back in town, and this Cinderella is no passive damsel waiting for a rescuing knight. SHE TAKES CHARGE OF HER DESTINY." –The New York TimesRead More
Carrie Underwood To Star as Maria Von Trapp in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Grammy-winning superstar Carrie Underwood to star as Maria Von Trapp in NBC's live broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC based on the original musical. Read More
Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA Comes to Broadway!
A new production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA will arrive on Broadway this season with previews set for January 21, 2013 prior to Opening Night on February 21 at the Broadway Theatre. Read More
Pre-release preview of Sierra Boggess & The John Wilson Orchestra
Happy Birthday Richard Rodgers! To celebrate, we are proud to share with you this exclusive track, Rodgers' own "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music, performed by Sierra Boggess from the upcoming album, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN AT THE MOVIES, featuring John Wilson and The John Wilson Orchestra.Read More
Ted Chapin's STAGE DOOR CANTEEN CD Featured At Barnes & Noble NYC In-Store Event on April 11!
New DRG Recording Celebrates WWII-era Songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart and Others. Read More
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S "PIPE DREAM" TO GET NEW LIVE RECORDING!
Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM will be recorded live at New York City Center's Encores! series this week, and released this Summer on Ghostlight Records. Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagem Company, this preservation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1955 Broadway musical rarity marks the first time an Encores! musical has been recorded live. Originally presented on Broadway in the 1955-56 season, and based on John Steinbeck’s novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday, PIPE DREAM has not been seen in a full orchestral production in New York City until now. Read More
Cast announced for Carnegie Hall's Historic Concert of THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
Carnegie Hall today announced that its one-night-only concert performance of The Sound of Music on Tuesday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage will star Laura Osnes as Maria Rainer. Co-starring alongside Osnes will be Tony Goldwyn as Captain von Trapp. Additional cast members include Brooke Shields as Elsa Schräder, Patrick Page as Max Detweiler, and Stephanie Blythe as The Mother Abbess. Read More
Leslie Uggams Joins the cast of PIPE DREAM at Encores!
Tony Award–winner Leslie Uggams has joined the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream, to be presented by New York City Center Encores! series, March 28 – April 1. Ms. Uggams will play Fauna, the proprietress of the Bear Flag Café, the local brothel.
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Laura Osnes to Star in Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM
Laura Osnes has been cast as Suzy in the New York City Center Encores! production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream running March 28 - April 1. Pipe Dream will be directed by Marc Bruni with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Kelli Barclay, and will play for seven performances at New York City Center, West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The Encores! presentation marks the first time the musical will be seen on the New York stage since the original production closed in June 1956. Read More
Mark Brokaw to direct the first Broadway-Bound production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
Mark Brokaw will direct the new, first-ever Broadway-bound production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, it has been announced by Robyn Goodman, who will produce the musical along with Aged in Wood Productions. Read More
New Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA Aims For 2012-13 Season on Broadway
A new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA -- with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, a new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II -- is aiming for an opening next season on Broadway following a workshop production in April 2012, it was announced on December 8 by producer Robyn Goodman, who will produce the musical along with Aged in Wood Productions. Read More
New Recordings of Your Favorite Songs
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Carnegie Hall Is Alive With The Sound of Music
On April 24, 2012 Carnegie Hall will present THE SOUND OF MUSIC in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, as a gala benefit for Carnegie Hall, this one-night-only concert performance of the beloved musical will provide support for music education programs of the Weill Music Institute.
Read MoreTo Whom It May Concern
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein's FLOWER DRUM SONGNancy Kwan who is best known for her portrayal of Linda Low is hosting a double feature and talk back at the Egyptian Theatre in LA. Read More
Never-Before-Seen SOUND OF MUSIC Home Movie Footage
Never-before-seen clips from personal home movie footage of the making of "The Sound Of Music" You can find more home movie footage in THE SOUND OF MUSIC FAMILY SCRAPBOOK by Fred Bronson available through Amazon.com starting April, 2012
Read MoreSpotlight on 'Allegro
Bill Rudman hosts an hour's visit with Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, focusing on Chapin's first complete recording of ALLEGRO.
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As Summer 2011 arrives, THE SOUND OF MUSIC continues to flourish on stages the world over.
Read MoreLondon Welcomes SOUTH PACIFIC
Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to Britain this summer.
Read MoreA Pipe Dream No Longer, Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM Is Back!
Unavailable for performance in the USA since 1990, Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical rarity PIPE DREAM can once again be licensed and will be presented as part of New York City Center’s Encores! series in 2012.
Read More YEOW! OKLAHOMA! Wins Top Prize at DC's Helen Hayes Awards
Arena Stage's acclaimed and record-breaking production of OKLAHOMA!took home top prizes at the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington DC on Monday night.
Read MoreOur New Restored Editions
If you have recently received performance materials for SOUTH PACIFIC or THE KING AND I, you may have noticed that we are now offering our newly restored editions of these musical classics. Along with CAROUSEL and THE SOUND OF MUSIC, SOUTH PACIFIC and THE KING AND I (and next year’s OKLAHOMA!) join our list of bright, new, computer generated and user-friendly performance editions.
Read MoreLondon Welcomes Bloody Mary
Announced in London this morning was the exciting news that Hawaii's own Loretta Ables Sayre will re-create her Tony nominated performance as Bloody Mary when the 7-time Tony Award winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to Britain this summer.
Read MoreR&H "Serving Up Musical Comfort Food"
"MADISON AVENUE is alive with the sound of “The Sound of Music”... as more than a dozen marketers use songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in commercials" says The New York Times
Read MoreTwo By Two Q&A with Jason Alexander
A re-telling of the story of Noah and the ark, TWO BY TWO has seen numerous revivals over the years, with the most recent high-profile staging presented by Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles last November, starring Jason Alexander and Faith Prince. Jason Alexander is one very busy guy, but we were grateful he took some time to speak with us.
Read MoreNewly-engraved Bennett Symphonic Arrangement of Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Newly-engraved full score and orchestral parts for Robert Russell Bennett's symphonic arrangement of Richard Rodgers' Slaughter on Tenth Avenue..
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Trivia about this writer
Did you know? In SOUTH PACIFIC, Joe Cable sings "Younger Than Springtime"" to Liat, his partner in an unexpected romance. Rodgers & Hammerstein made no fewer than three prior attempts at writing this number. The third try, ""Suddenly Lucky,"" contained the lyrics ""Suddenly lucky / Suddenly to be together, / Suddenly owning / Happiness no gold can buy."" Although cut from SOUTH PACIFIC, Richard Rodgers was able to rescue the melody for THE KING AND I, where it became the iconic song ""Getting to Know You."""
Did you know? In the summer of 1916, Richard Rodgers wrote his first songs at Camp Wigwam, Maine: "Dear Old Wigwam"" and ""Camp-Fire Days."" He was 14 years old."
Did you know? After Hammerstein passed away, Rodgers needed a new writing partner. For the first time in his career, he turned to himself for words. In 1962, Rodgers crafted new songs for the re-make of STATE FAIR and wrote both music and lyrics for the musical NO STRINGS. When the film version THE SOUND OF MUSIC needed new numbers, Rodgers wrote and composed the songs ?I Have Confidence? and ?Something Good.?
Did you know? In 1922, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II worked with Herbert Fields and Lorenz Hart on a never-produced musical called WINKLE TOWN. All four Columbia boys would go on to lasting musical theater fame.
Did you know? According to Richard Rodgers in his autobiography "Musical Stages,"" ?Oscar was so moved by [?Surrey With A Fringe On Top?] that just listening to it made him cry. He once explained that he never cried at sadness in the theatre, only at nave happiness, and the idea of two bone-headed young people looking forward to nothing more than a ride in a surrey struck an emotional chord that affected him deeply.?"
Did you know? Irving Berlin rhymed his thoughts on the creative partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart: "Tuneful and tasty, schmaltzy and smart - music by Rodgers, lyrics by Hart."""
Did you know? THE SOUND OF MUSIC has no overture! Having little experience with liturgical music, Richard Rodgers did some research at the Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York while writing the score. Mother Morgan, head of the music department there, invited Rodgers to a concert specially arranged for him to show off the different kinds of musical prayer. For the opening of the musical, Rodgers set the Catholic prayer ?Dixit Dominus? for the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey.
Did you know? In CAROUSEL, Billy meets the Starkeeper after his death. The Starkeeper gives Billy an opportunity to return to earth for one day to see his daughter. It was director Rouben Mamoulian who suggested this character for Broadway, replacing Rodgers and Hammerstein?s own idea of a Mr. and Mrs. God that played only in the show's out-of-town tryout.
Did you know that Richard Rodgers cited CAROUSEL as his favorite musical? ?Oscar never wrote more meaningful or more moving lyrics, and to me, my score is more satisfying than any I?ve ever written. But it?s not just the songs; it?s the whole play. Beautifully written, tender without being mawkish, it affects me deeply every time I see it performed.?
In an early draft of CAROUSEL that anticipated the show's Boston opening, Hammerstein wrote the note, "There will probably be an encore. If not, the author and composer will probably jump in the Charles River."""
Did you know that both Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II married women named Dorothy, and both had fathers named William? This last fact lead Rodgers & Hammerstein to name their music publishing company Williamson Music Company when they founded it in 1945.
In THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the Captain and Maria first realize their feelings for each other while dancing a classic Austrian folk dance called the Laendler. The Laendler was a popular folk dance in 3/4 or waltz time. Richard Rodgers cleverly uses the music from ?The Lonely Goatherd? for the ballroom scene during which Maria and the Captain dance and fall in love.
Did you know? Both Rodgers and Hammerstein hailed from alma mater Columbia University in New York City. Hammerstein attended from 1912 - 1917, and Rodgers followed him from 1919 - 1921.
Did you know? Writing OKLAHOMA! Rodgers & Hammerstein struggled to find the right way to portray menacing farmhand Jud Fry. "The question was how to make him acceptable,"" wrote Hammerstein, ""Not too much a deep-dyed villain?We didn't want to resort to the boring device of having two other characters discuss him and give the audience a psychological analysis. Even if this were dramatically desirable, there are no characters in this story who are bright enough or well-educated enough to do this. So we solved the problem with two songs, 'Pore Jud' and 'Lonely Room'...Jud becomes then, for a while, not just wicked..."""
December 31, 1979
In 1979, CBS presented a special tribute to Richard Rodgers on the night following his death. Commentator Charles Kuralt eulogized, "He was a composer for the 1920s and then, it turned out, he was a composer for the thirties, the forties, the fifties and the sixties too, and on the last night of the seventies we say goodbye to him. Not to his music - that will go on and on and on in our theatres and in our heads."""
December 30, 1979
In 1979, Richard Rodgers passed away at his home in New York City. He was 77 years old.
December 29, 1952
In 1952, LIFE magazine published Rodgers & Hammerstein's only Christmas song, "Happy Christmas Little Friend,"" commissioned as a gift for its readers."
December 29, 1917
In 1917, Richard Rodgers' first complete amateur score ONE MINUTE, PLEASE premiered for a one-night run at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom.
December 25, 1940
In 1940, Rodgers & Hart's musical PAL JOEY had its New York premiere on Christmas at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, before moving to the Shubert Theatre and finally to the St. James. The show ran for 374 performances.
December 19, 1919
In 1919, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart copyrighted their first professional collaboration, the song "Any Old Place With You"" from A LONELY ROMEO."
December 07, 1905
In 1905, the world premiere of Ferenc Molnar's play LILIOM is presented at the Vigsznhz Theatre, Budapest. It is produced in New York several times with several different translations (one allegedly written by Lorenz Hart) before Rodgers & Hammerstein adapted the Benjamin Glazer text as their basis for CAROUSEL.
December 02, 1947
In 1947, OKLAHOMA! celebrated its 2,000th performance on Broadway. Composer Richard Rodgers was on hand to conduct the second act.
November 25, 1946
In 1946, the first performance of OKLAHOMA! in the state of Oklahoma was presented at the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City. Governor Robert S. Kerr presided over several days of statewide celebrations, joined by Rodgers, Hammerstein, their wives, and members of the musical's creative team. Rodgers & Hammerstein were made honorary members of the Kiowa Indian tribe.
November 23, 1938
In 1938, Rodgers & Hart's musical THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE had its New York premier at the Alvin Theatre, and ran for 235 performances.
November 15, 1954
In 1954, at Carnegie Hall, New York, Richard Rodgers led the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in a concert of his works.
November 10, 1970
In 1970, TWO BY TWO opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Based on the play THE FLOWERING PEACH, it tells the story of Noah and his family preparing for the great flood. The show ran for ten months.
November 06, 1953
In 1953, Edward R. Murrow interviewed Richard and his wife Dorothy Rodgers live from their Manhattan home on "Person to Person,"" CBS-TV."
November 02, 1937
In 1937, Rodgers & Hart's musical I'D RATHER BE RIGHT opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York. The show ran for 290 performances.
October 31, 1946
In 1946, Anita Loos' comedy HAPPY BIRTHDAY, presented by Rodgers & Hammerstein and starring Helen Hayes, opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, and ran for 564 performances. In the play Helen Hayes sings "I Haven't Got a Worry in the World,"" written especially for her by the producers."
September 25, 1965
In 1965, DO I HEAR A WALTZ? closed on Broadway after 220 performances.
September 11, 1971
In 1971, TWO BY TWO closed on Broadway after a ten-month run.
August 21, 1955
In 1955 Eddie Fisher, Shirley Jones, Ed Sullivan, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and the governors of New York and Oklahoma led an "Oklahoma Song-Fest"" at the Central Park Mall in New York before a crowd of 15,000."
August 07, 1948
In 1948 the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra presented its first "Rodgers & Hammerstein Night"" at Lewisohn Stadium in New York. A crowd of 20,000 attended and the R&H concerts became annual season finales at the stadium for more than a decade, with Richard Rodgers serving frequently as a guest conductor."
August 03, 1963
In 1963 NO STRINGS closed on Broadway after 580 performances. Richard Rodgers won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Composer for this show, which was his first and only experience writing lyrics as well as music without a collaborator.
July 31, 1944
In 1944 Williamson Music published "Dear Friend,"" a song by Rodgers & Hammerstein. All proceeds went to the 5th War Loan Drive."
July 29, 1953
In 1953 MGM released the movie MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY, featuring a host of Broadway celebrities in cameo appearances. In one sequence, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan, and Mary Martin play themselves "in rehearsal"" for a new musical, during which Martin sings ""There's Music in You,"" written by Rodgers & Hammerstein especially for the film."
July 28, 1920
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote their first professional score together, completing the show POOR LITTLE RITZ GIRL, which opened at the Central Theatre on this date in 1920.
July 23, 1942
In 1942, in the first public announcement of a Rodgers & Hammerstein collaboration, The New York Times reported: "The Theatre Guild announced yesterday that Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II will soon begin work on a musical version of Lynn Rigg's folk-play GREEN GROW THE LILACS."" Lorenzo Hart later dropped out of the project, but this show would become Rodgers and Hammerstein's first hit, OKLAHOMA!"
June 30, 1917
In 1917, Richard Rodgers copywrote his first song, "Auto Show Girl,"" with lyrics by David Dyrenforth."
June 28, 1902
In 1902, composer Richard Charles Rodgers was born in New York City.
June 19, 1944
In 1944 Williamson Music published "We're on Our Way,"" written by Rodgers & Hammerstein and dedicated to the U.S. Army Infantry."
June 05, 2010
In 2005, Adam Guettel, grandson of Richard Rodgers and son of Mary Rodgers, won the Tony for his score to THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA as its composer.
June 03, 1942
In 1942, Rodger & Hart's BY JUPITER premiered in New York at the Shubert Theatre. The show ran for 427 performances.
May 18, 1961
In 1961 THE SOUND OF MUSIC opened at the Palace Theatre, London. Did you know? Thirteen-year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber got to attend the opening because of a fan letter he had written to Richard Rodgers.
May 13, 1975
In 1975 the musical revue RODGERS & HART, conceived by Richard Lewine and John Fearnley, premiered at the Helen Hayes Theater and ran for 108 performances. The show featured over fifty songs composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
May 11, 1938
In 1938, Rodger & Hart's musical I MARRIED AN ANGEL had its New York premiere at the Shubert Theatre. The show ran for 290 performances.
April 29, 1947
In 1947 OKLAHOMA! opened at the Theatre Royal in London. The theater would be continuously occupied by one Rodgers & Hammerstein musical after another for the next nine years.
April 26, 2012
The birthday of William Shakespeare! Rodgers & Hart's musical THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (1938) marked the first time that Shakespeare was adapted for Broadway. Based on THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, the story brings not just one but two sets of estranged twins into a series of near-collisions, resulting in a major case of mistaken identity. Hart's lyrics throw in further Shakespearean references, as in the song "This Can't Be Love"" : ""Though your cousin loved my cousin Juliet / Loved her with a passion much more truly yet / Some poor playwright / Wrote their drama just for fun. / It won't run!"""
April 14, 1937
In 1937 Rodgers & Hart's musical BABES IN ARMS had its New York premier at the Shubert Theatre before moving to the Majestic Theatre for a total of 289 performances.
March 31, 1957
In 1957 Rodgers & Hammerstein's only musical for television, CINDERELLA, was broadcast live on CBS-TV before an estimated audience of 107 million. Julie Andrews starred in the role of Cinderella.
March 31, 1943
Did you know? Richard Rodgers' first major collaborator, Lorenz Hart, lived long enough to see his partner find new success with Oscar Hammerstein II. After the New York Premier of Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! Hart embraced Rodgers and exclaimed, "Dick, I've never had a better evening in my life! This show will still be around twenty years from now!"""
March 27, 1990
In 1990 Broadway's 46th Street Theatre was renamed the Richard Rodgers Theatre, housing a permanent exhibit devoted to the composer's life and works.
March 26, 1968
In 1968 at Philharmonic (now Avery Fisher) Hall in New York, Skitch Henderson and Richard Rodgers conducted the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast in the silver anniversary concert of OKLAHOMA!
March 18, 1965
In 1965, DO I HEAR A WALTZ? - a collaboration between Richard Rodgers, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim - opened at 46th Street Theater (now the Richard Rodgers Theater) where it ran for 220 performances.
March 15, 1962
Richard Rodgers did not write his first professional score with his own lyrics and music until he was sixty years old. The show was NO STRINGS - a love story whose leads Rodgers cast as an interracial couple, played by Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll. NO STRINGS opened on this day in 1962 at the 54th Street Theatre.
March 11, 1943
In 1943, the world premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein's first musical AWAY WE GO! was presented at the Shubert Theatre, New Haven. Moving on to Boston, it acquired a new show-stopping number. This becomes the title song when the production opened on Broadway as the classic OKLAHOMA!
March 08, 1919
In 1919 UP STAGE AND DOWN featured the first songs written together by 17-year-old composer Richard C. Rodgers and 24-year-old lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II: "Weaknesses"", ""Can It"", and ""There's Always Room for One More"". The show was an amateur musical comedy written to benefit the Infants Relief Society, and it played for one night in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel's Grand Ballroom."
March 05, 1930
In 1930, Richard Rodgers married Dorothy Feiner.
January 11, 1931
Did you Know? At the 1960 Tony Awards Mary Rodgers found her musical ONCE UPON A MATTRESS competing against a show by her father Richard Rodgers - THE SOUND OF MUSIC - for the category of Best Musical!
January 11, 1931
The birthday of Mary Rodgers, daughter of Richard Rodgers. She wrote the musicals ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (1959), THE MAD SHOW (1966), a song for WORKING (1978), and contributed to the album FREE TO BE?YOU AND ME (1972). She is also the writer of the children's book "Freaky Friday."" In 1964 she gave birth to Adam Guettel, future composer of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA."
January 11, 1954
In 1954, Richard Rodgers received an honorary Doctorate in Music, and Oscar Hammerstein II, in Letters, from their alma mater Columbia University.
January 05, 1980
In 1980, Broadway theatre marquees were blacked out for one minute at curtain time on Saturday evening in memory of Richard Rodgers, who died at the age of 77 the previous Sunday.