Getting To Know Him
A Biography Of Oscar Hammerstein II
Contributors
By Hugh Fordin
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- Aug 22, 1995
- Page Count
- 432 pages
- Publisher
- Da Capo
- ISBN-13
- 9780306806681
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat, and, with longtime collaborator Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theater.
