The letters of Oscar Hammerstein II / compiled and edited by Mark Eden Horowitz.

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Oscar Hammerstein II virtually invented the modern American musical, first with Show Boat and then in his celebrated collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers on Broadway classics like Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The King and I that continue to fascinate audiences today. A brilliant lyricist and pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Correspondence. Selections
Main Author: Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Author)
Other Authors: Horowitz, Mark Eden (Compiler, Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Hammerstein, Oscar, > II, > 1895-1960 > Correspondence.
Musical theater > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
Lyricists > United States > Correspondence.
Hammerstein, Oscar, > II, > 1895-1960.
Lyricists.
Musical theater.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Genre:
Correspondence.
Sources.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:xxi, 1,054 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. One 1917 through 1929
  • ch. Two 1930 through 1936
  • ch. Three 1937 through 1939
  • ch. Four June 1941 through 1942
  • ch. Five 1943
  • ch. Six 1944
  • ch. Seven 1945 (and Smatterings from 1946 and 1947)
  • ch. Eight 1949 (Preceded by a Smattering of Letters from 1948)
  • ch. Nine 1950
  • ch. Ten 1951
  • ch. Eleven 1952
  • ch. Twelve 1953
  • ch. Thirteen 1954
  • ch. Fourteen 1955
  • ch. Fifteen 1956
  • ch. Sixteen 1957
  • ch. Seventeen 1958
  • ch. Eighteen 1959
  • ch. Nineteen 1960.