Rodgers and Hart

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Rodgers (left) and Hart (right) (1936)

Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were American songwriters for the Great American Songbook .

Overview

Rodgers and Hart were one of the most productive and successful songwriting teams on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s . Rodgers composed and Hart wrote the lyrics. At the same time, they formed one of the first partnerships that was perceived as such by the public at the time (one also thinks of the collaboration between the brothers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin ) and which was more than just artistic. It was the first time that a songwriter received the same share of royalties as the composer. From 1919 to 1943 they created around 30 musicals for stage and film. Especially in the early 1930s, they worked for Hollywood and wrote film songs and film music. Many of their songs became standards. In 1943 their collaboration ended with Hart's untimely death. During this time Rodgers' partnership with Oscar Hammerstein began .

Works

Show musicals and musical revues

  • 1925: The Garrick Gaieties
  • 1925: Dearest Enemy
  • 1926: The Girl Friend
  • 1926: Peggy-Ann
  • 1926: Betsy
  • 1927: A Connecticut Yankee
  • 1928: She's My Baby
  • 1928: Present Arms - film adaptation 1930 (Title: Leathernecking )
  • 1928: Chee-Chee
  • 1929: Spring Is Here - film adaptation 1930
  • 1929: Heads Up - film adaptation 1930
  • 1930: Simple Simon
  • 1931: America's Sweetheart
  • 1935: Jumbo filming 1962
  • 1936: On Your Toes - (contains the jazz ballet Slaughter On Tenth Avenue ) - Adapted from 1939
  • 1937: Babes in Arms - film adaptation in 1939
  • 1937: I'd Rather Be Right
  • 1938: I Married an Angel - 1942 film
  • 1938: The Boys from Syracuse - film adaptation 1940
  • 1938: Too Many Girls - film adaptation 1940
  • 1940: Higher and Higher - film adaptation 1944
  • 1940: Pal Joey - film adaptation 1957
  • 1942: By Jupiter

Film work

  • 1931: The Hot Heiress
  • 1932: The Phantom President
  • 1932: Love Me Tonight
  • 1933: Hallelujah, I'm A Bum
  • 1941: They Met In Argentina

Known songs

Films about Rodgers and Hart

  • 1929 Makers Of Melody (short film)
  • 1948 Words and Music Director: Norman Taurog
  • 1999 The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty (TV documentary)

See also

literature

  • Dominic Symonds: We'll have Manhattan: the early work of Rodgers and Hart. Oxford University Press, New York [2015], ISBN 978-0-19-992948-1 .

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