Richard Rodgers

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Richard Rodgers was a renowned American composer best known for his influential Broadway musicals, particularly his collaborations with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway composer
composer
human
songwriter
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Rodgers
fullName Richard Charles Rodgers
genre musical theatre
popular music
givenName Richard
notableWork A Connecticut Yankee
A Lovely Night
A Wonderful Guy
A Wonderful Guy (popular song)
A Wonderful Guy (song)
A Wonderful Guy (standard)
An Ordinary Couple
Babes in Arms
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i (popular song)
Bali Ha'i (song)
Bali Ha'i (standard)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (jazz standard)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (popular song)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (song)
Blue Moon
Blue Moon (jazz standard)
Blue Moon (popular song)
Blue Moon (song)
Blue Room
Blue Room (jazz standard)
Blue Room (popular song)
Blue Room (song)
Carousel
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (popular song)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (song)
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Do I Hear a Waltz? (song)
Do I Hear a Waltz? (title song)
Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi (song)
Edelweiss
Edelweiss (popular song)
Edelweiss (song)
Falling in Love with Love
Falling in Love with Love (song)
Flower Drum Song
Getting to Know You
Getting to Know You (popular song)
Getting to Know You (song)
Getting to Know You (standard)
Guadalcanal March
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Have You Met Miss Jones? (jazz standard)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (popular song)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (song)
Hello, Young Lovers
Hello, Young Lovers (popular song)
Hello, Young Lovers (standard)
Here We Are Again
I Could Write a Book
I Could Write a Book (jazz standard)
I Could Write a Book (popular song)
I Could Write a Book (song)
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (jazz standard)
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (popular song)
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (song)
I Have Confidence
I Have Dreamed
I Whistle a Happy Tune
I Wish I Were in Love Again
I Wish I Were in Love Again (jazz standard)
I Wish I Were in Love Again (popular song)
I Wish I Were in Love Again (song)
If I Loved You
If I Loved You (popular song)
If I Loved You (song)
If I Loved You (standard)
Impossible; It’s Possible
In My Own Little Corner
Isn't It Romantic?
Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard)
Isn't It Romantic? (popular song)
Isn't It Romantic? (song)
Isn't It Romantic? (standard)
It Might as Well Be Spring
It Might as Well Be Spring (standard)
It’s a Grand Night for Singing
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
Johnny One Note
Johnny One Note (jazz standard)
Johnny One Note (popular song)
Johnny One Note (song)
La-La-La
Loads of Love
Loneliness of Evening
Look No Further
Love Makes the World Go
Lover
Lover (jazz standard)
Lover (popular song)
Lover (song)
Manhattan
Manhattan (jazz standard)
Manhattan (popular song)
Manhattan (song)
Maria (from "The Sound of Music")
Moon in My Window
Mountain Greenery
Mountain Greenery (jazz standard)
Mountain Greenery (popular song)
Mountain Greenery (song)
My Favorite Things
My Favorite Things (popular song)
My Favorite Things (song)
My Funny Valentine
My Funny Valentine (jazz standard)
My Funny Valentine (popular song)
My Funny Valentine (song)
My Heart Stood Still
My Heart Stood Still (jazz standard)
My Heart Stood Still (popular song)
My Heart Stood Still (song)
My Romance
My Romance (jazz standard)
My Romance (popular song)
My Romance (song)
No Other Love
No Strings
No Strings (song)
No Way to Stop It
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (popular song)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (song)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (standard)
Oklahoma (state song)
Oklahoma!
On Your Toes
Out of My Dreams
Pal Joey
People Will Say We're in Love
People Will Say We're in Love (popular song)
People Will Say We're in Love (song)
People Will Say We're in Love (standard)
Perfectly Lovely Couple
Shall We Dance?
Sixteen Going on Seventeen
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
So Long, Farewell
Soliloquy (from "Carousel")
Some Enchanted Evening
Some Enchanted Evening (popular song)
Some Enchanted Evening (song)
Someone Woke Up
Something Good
Something Good (song)
Something Wonderful
Somewhere (from "West Side Story")
South Pacific
State Fair
Stay
Stepsisters’ Lament
Take the Moment
Ten Cents a Dance
Ten Cents a Dance (jazz standard)
Ten Cents a Dance (popular song)
Ten Cents a Dance (song)
Ten Minutes Ago
Thank You So Much
The Carousel Waltz
The Farmer and the Cowman
The King and I
The Lady Is a Tramp
The Lady Is a Tramp (jazz standard)
The Lady Is a Tramp (popular song)
The Lady Is a Tramp (song)
The Lonely Goatherd
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
The Prince Is Giving a Ball
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music (popular song)
The Sound of Music (song)
The Sound of Music (standard)
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (popular song)
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (song)
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (standard)
The Sweetest Sounds
The Sweetest Sounds (song)
Theme from "A Connecticut Yankee" (musical)
Theme from "A Wonderful Guy" (revised)
Theme from "Babes in Arms" (musical)
Theme from "Bali Ha'i" (revised)
Theme from "Carousel" (film score)
Theme from "Carousel" (musical)
Theme from "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (revised)
Theme from "Do I Hear a Waltz?" (musical)
Theme from "Do I Hear a Waltz?" (revised)
Theme from "Do-Re-Mi" (revised)
Theme from "Edelweiss" (revised)
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (film score)
Theme from "Flower Drum Song" (musical)
Theme from "Getting to Know You" (revised)
Theme from "Guadalcanal March" (orchestral)
Theme from "Guadalcanal March" (revised)
Theme from "Hello, Young Lovers" (revised)
Theme from "I Have Dreamed" (revised)
Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised)
Theme from "My Favorite Things" (revised)
Theme from "No Other Love" (revised)
Theme from "No Strings" (musical)
Theme from "No Strings" (revised)
Theme from "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (revised)
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (film score)
Theme from "Oklahoma!" (musical)
Theme from "On Your Toes" (musical)
Theme from "Pal Joey" (film score)
Theme from "Pal Joey" (musical)
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (ballet)
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised)
Theme from "Some Enchanted Evening" (revised)
Theme from "Something Good" (revised)
Theme from "South Pacific" (film score)
Theme from "South Pacific" (musical)
Theme from "State Fair" (film score)
Theme from "State Fair" (song "It Might as Well Be Spring")
Theme from "State Fair" (song "It’s a Grand Night for Singing")
Theme from "The Alcoa Hour"
Theme from "The Alcoa Hour" (revised)
Theme from "The Armstrong Circle Theatre"
Theme from "The Armstrong Circle Theatre" (revised)
Theme from "The Bell Telephone Hour"
Theme from "The Bell Telephone Hour" (revised)
Theme from "The Carousel Waltz" (orchestral)
Theme from "The Carousel Waltz" (revised)
Theme from "The Goodyear Television Playhouse"
Theme from "The Goodyear Television Playhouse" (revised)
Theme from "The Great Adventure"
Theme from "The Great Adventure" (revised)
Theme from "The Gulf Playhouse"
Theme from "The Gulf Playhouse" (revised)
Theme from "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour"
Theme from "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (revised)
Theme from "The King and I" (film score)
Theme from "The King and I" (musical)
Theme from "The March of Time"
Theme from "The March of Time" (revised)
Theme from "The NBC Opera Theatre"
Theme from "The NBC Opera Theatre" (revised)
Theme from "The Philco Television Playhouse"
Theme from "The Philco Television Playhouse" (revised)
Theme from "The Sound of Music" (film score)
Theme from "The Sound of Music" (musical)
Theme from "The Sound of Music" (revised)
Theme from "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (revised)
Theme from "The Sweetest Sounds" (instrumental)
Theme from "The Sweetest Sounds" (revised)
Theme from "The U.S. Steel Hour"
Theme from "The U.S. Steel Hour" (revised)
Theme from "The United States Steel Hour"
Theme from "The United States Steel Hour" (revised)
Theme from "The Valiant Years"
Theme from "The Valiant Years" (revised)
Theme from "Victory at Sea" (revised)
Theme from "Victory at Sea" (television score)
Theme from "Younger Than Springtime" (revised)
Theme from "You’ll Never Walk Alone" (revised)
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame
There's a Small Hotel
There’s a Small Hotel (jazz standard)
There’s a Small Hotel (popular song)
There’s a Small Hotel (song)
This Can't Be Love
This Can’t Be Love (jazz standard)
This Can’t Be Love (popular song)
This Can’t Be Love (song)
This Nearly Was Mine
This Week Americans
Thou Swell
Thou Swell (jazz standard)
Thou Swell (popular song)
Thou Swell (song)
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea (suite)
We Kiss in a Shadow
We’re Gonna Be All Right
What Do We Do? We Fly!
Where or When
Where or When (jazz standard)
Where or When (popular song)
Where or When (song)
With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart (popular song)
With a Song in My Heart (song)
You Took Advantage of Me
You Took Advantage of Me (jazz standard)
You Took Advantage of Me (popular song)
You Took Advantage of Me (song)
Younger Than Springtime
Younger Than Springtime (song)
You’ll Never Walk Alone
You’ll Never Walk Alone (popular song)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (song)
You’ll Never Walk Alone (standard)
occupation composer
songwriter
theatrical producer
sexOrGender male

Referenced by (55)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
All Er Nuthin'
Away We Go!
Cinderella (1997 film)
Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
I Cain't Say No
Lonely Room
Many a New Day
Mountain Greenery
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955 film)
Out of My Dreams
People Will Say We're in Love
Pore Jud Is Daid
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)
Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals
The Farmer and the Cowman
The Prince Is Giving a Ball
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Where or When
You'll Never Walk Alone
composer
Away We Go!
Babes in Arms
Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
Many a New Day
Mountain Greenery
musicBy
Ado Annie Carnes
Aunt Eller
Laurey Williams
Will Parker
creator
Oscar Hammerstein II
Robert Russell Bennett
Theatre Guild
collaboratedWith
Ali Hakim
Curly McLain
Jud Fry
createdBy
Lonely Room
Manhattan (song) ("Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart")
associatedWith
Babes in Arms
Oklahoma! (1955 film)
basedOnWorkBy
I Could Write a Book ("Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart")
associatedAct
Ali Hakim
associatedWithComposer
Annie Get Your Gun (orchestration)
associatedWithPerson
Mountain Greenery ("Rodgers and Hart")
createdBySongwritingTeam
Richard Rodgers ("Richard Charles Rodgers")
fullName
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) ("Richard Rodgers: music")
hasComposerRole
The Prince Is Giving a Ball
hasMusicBy
Rodgers
hasNotableBearer
Westchester Hills Cemetery
hasNotableBurial
Jerome Kern
influenced
Rodgers and Hammerstein
member
Richard Rodgers Theatre
namedAfter
Out of My Dreams
notableCreators
Thou Swell ("Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart")
workOf

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