Reminiscences of Oscar Hammerstein : oral history, 1959.

Biographical Note

Lyricist.

Scope and Contents

Entrance into theatrical enterprises; creation of integrated musical play, "Merry Widow," "Showboat," musical play theory; writing for movies; writing as an occupation; recollections of "Oklahoma," "Carmen Jones," "Allegro," reflections on popular music.

Subjects

• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
• Interviews.
• Librettists--Interviews.
• Motion pictures and music.
• Musicals.
• Oral histories.
• Popular music--Writing and publishing.

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