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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Show Boat, the Cabaret Girl, Oh, Boy!, Music in the Air, Very Good Eddie, Sally, Very Warm for May, Never Gonna Dance, Roberta, Sunny. Excerpt:Music in the Air Music in the Air is a musical written by Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and book) and Jerome Kern (music). It introduced songs such as "The Song Is You ", "In Egern on the Tegern See" and "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star ". The musical premiered on Broadway in 1932, and followed on the team's success with the musical Show Boat from 1927. Productions The original Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 8, 1932, moved to the 44th Street Theatre on March 31, 1933 and closed on September 16, 1933 after 342 performances. It was directed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, and featured in the cast Reinald Werrenrath (Cornelius), Natalie Hall (Frieda Hatzfeld), Tullio Carminati (Bruno Mahler), Katherine Carrington (Sieglinde Lessing), Al Shean (Dr. Walter Lessing), Walter Slezak (Karl Reder), Nicholas Joy (Ernst Weber), and Marjorie Main (Anna). The music was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett . The musical opened in the West End in London at His Majesty's Theatre on May 19, 1933 and ran for 199 performances. The musical was staged at the The Muny outdoor musical theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1934, and again in 1937, 1944 and 1951. The 1934 film version starred Gloria Swanson , John Boles , Douglass Montgomery , June Lang , and Al Shean . The director was Joe May and the screenplay was by Howard Irving Young and Billy Wilder . It was released by Fox Film Corporation . This is, so far, the only film ever made of Music in the Air , although it contains several famous songs. The 1934 film, however, omitted the show's best-known number, The Song is You , which has become a classic. The song was filmed, but d... ... Read more

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Sheet music and words to 12 titles by Jerome Kern. ... Read more

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Over 20 Kern classics, including: All the Things You Are * Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man * The Last Time I Saw Paris * Ol' Man River * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes * The Way You Look Tonight * and more. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. A secondary romance concerns flirtatious Ado Annie and her long-suffering fiancé Will Parker.The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943. It was a box-office smash and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. ... Read more

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27 classics, including: All the Things You Are * Bill * Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man * A Fine Romance * I'm Old Fashioned * The Last Time I Saw Paris * Look for the Silver Lining * Ol' Man River * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes * The Song Is You * The Way You Look Tonight * and more. ... Read more

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advanced piano solo - rare and hard to find ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Jerome Kern, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1646 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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A Musical Genius
There were many versions of "Showboat" both on stage and in the movies.One of the best was in January 1946 at the Ziegfield Theatre in New York, when the torch singer, Helen Morgan, was Julie and sang "Why Was I Born?"Allan Jones played Gaylord and sang "Only Make Believe."With the Druary Lane Orchestra in London, Paul Robeson recorded Kern's symphonic poem, "Old Man River" and "I Still Suits Me."He was in the 1951 movie version which starred Ava Garnder and Howard Keel.A revival of sorts in 1971 had a long run at London's Adelphia Theatre.This collaboration with Hammerstein providing the music and Jerry the lyrics made him well-known outside of his native New York.

Jerome Kern was born in 1885 in New York.He work with Ira Gershwin on "Cover Girl," which starred Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly.He allowed a semi-biography of his life to take place with the musical TILL THE CLOUDS ROLLL BY.Some of his most successful lyrics include "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Look for the Silver Lining," "Long Ago and Far Away," "All the Things You Are." and Sinatra's version of "Old Man River" in this fictional biography.His daughter, Betty did not find it flattering of her dad.He gave small dinner parties at the Beverly Wilshire where he was "able to make a bum out of Cicero, Mark Anthony, and Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg."

He was too sophisticated for California and rode the train back to New York.He and wife Eva lugged daughter, Betty, from coast to coast, first with a nurse, then governess, lastly with her own son.He died Sunday, November 11, 1945.The show, "Music In the Air" included a song which could well have been Jerry's epitaph:'The music's sweet...the words are true...The song is you.' ... Read more

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Large collection of Jerome Kern compositions, all arranged for voice, piano accompaniment and chords. ... Read more