Charles Strouse

Charles Louis Strouse (7 ga Yuni, 1928 - 15 ga Mayu, 2025) ɗan ƙasar Amirka ne kuma mawaki wanda aka fi sani da rubuta waƙoƙin waƙoƙi na Broadway Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, da Annie .

 Tarihi 
Charles Louis Strouse, ɗan asalin Upper West Side na Manhattan, Birnin New York, an haife shi a ranar 7 ga Yuni, 1928, ga iyayen Yahudawa, Ethel (née Newman) da Ira Strouse, waɗanda suka yi aiki a kasuwancin taba.[1] Iyayensa sun sha wahala daga matsalolin jiki da na tunani, kuma iyalin sun sami hutu daga matsalolinsu lokacin da za su raira waƙoƙi tare a piano, wanda mahaifiyarsa ta buga.[1] Ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar Kiɗa ta Eastman, inda ya yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Arthur Berger, David Diamond, Aaron Copland, da Nadia Boulanger.[2][3] Da farko ya yi burin yin aiki a cikin kiɗa na gargajiya, amma Boulanger ya tabbatar masa da cewa baiwarsa ga "kiɗa mai haske" yana da mahimmanci, yana cewa "don sa wani ya manta da rashin lafiya da wahala ma kira ne. " [1] Abubuwan da ya faru tun yana yaro da yawa daga baya sun yi wahayi zuwa ga jerin sunayen "All in the Family," wanda Carroll O"Connor da Jean Stapleton ke zaune a piano, suna raira waƙa tare.

 Ayyuka 
Strouse ya fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Lee Adams a cikin 1952, kuma sun rubuta waƙoƙi tare na shekaru da yawa a lokacin da aka buɗe wasan kwaikwayo na farko na Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, a cikin 1960. Don wannan wasan kwaikwayon, Strouse ya lashe Kyautar Tony ta farko a cikin rukunin mafi kyawun kiɗa.

Nunin Strouse na gaba shine All American (1962), tare da littafin Mel Brooks da kalmomin Adams; ba nasara ba ne, rufewa bayan wasan kwaikwayo 80,  amma ya samar da daidaitattun "Once Upon a Time" (wanda Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Al Martino, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, da Bobby Darin suka rubuta, da sauransu da yawa).

 Rayuwa da mutuwarsa 
Strouse ta auri darektan wasan kwaikwayo Barbara Siman har zuwa mutuwarta a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 2023.  Suna da 'ya'ya hudu.

Strouse ya bayyana kansa a matsayin Bayahude mai musun wanzuwar Allah, kuma ya ce bayan 'yar'uwarsa ta mutu da ƙuruciya daga ciwon nono, ya daina gaskata da Allah. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Emperor Has No Clothes a taron shekara-shekara na 34 na Freedom From Religion Foundation a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 2011. An ba da kyautar ne ga mutanen da ke nuna rashin amincewarsu da addini. "Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: Charles Strouse" Playbill, September 1, 2009

Strouse ya mutu a gidansa na Manhattan a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 2025, yana da shekaru 96.  A lokacin mutuwarsa, shi ne kawai ya rage a cikin ƙungiyar da ta samar da Annie, bayan mutuwar Meehan a cikin 2017, da mutuwar Charnin a cikin 2019.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928
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