Hammerstein II

/ ˈhæməˌstaɪn /

noun

1. Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)

Example Sentences

There are two powerful renditions, from 1943 and 1945, of what was regarded as the greatest of all art songs of the interwar era, Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Ol’ Man River.”

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He disdained the job—which instead went to Oscar Hammerstein II—of writing what would turn out to be the longest-running Broadway musical up to that time.

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His 90-minute, two-act work, given its U.S. premiere by the New York Philharmonic on Thursday night, evokes a World War II-era sound reminiscent of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

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He reteamed with Dandridge for Otto Preminger’s film adaptation of the Oscar Hammerstein II musical “Carmen Jones,” itself an interpretation of Bizet’s classic opera “Carmen,” modernized and reimagined for an all-Black cast.

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He also caught the eye of the Hollywood producer and director Otto Preminger, who cast him in the 1954 movie version of “Carmen Jones,” an all-Black update of Bizet’s opera “Carmen” with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which had been a hit on Broadway a decade earlier.

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