num_pages: 432
description: 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.
language: English
title: Getting To Know Him: A Biography Of Oscar Hammerstein II
titlecomplete: Getting To Know Him: A Biography Of Oscar Hammerstein II
genres: Music, Biography, Nonfiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 40
publisher: Da Capo Press