Oscar Hammerstein II

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librettist lyricist musical theatre writer person songwriter

Oscar Hammerstein II was a renowned American musical theatre lyricist and librettist best known for his influential collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers on shows such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, and The Sound of Music.

Aliases (2)

Hammerstein ×1
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	librettist → lyricist → musical theatre writer → person → songwriter →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Song → Pulitzer Prize for Drama → Tony Award →
birthDate	1895-07-12 →
birthPlace	New York → New York City → United States →
causeOfDeath	stomach cancer →
collaboratedWith	Jerome Kern → Richard Rodgers → Rudolf Friml → Sigmund Romberg →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
deathDate	1960-08-23 →
deathPlace	Doylestown, Pennsylvania → Pennsylvania → United States →
educatedAt	Columbia Law School → Columbia University →
familyName	Hammerstein →
fieldOfWork	music → theatre →
fullName	Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II →
genre	Broadway musical → musical theatre →
givenName	Oscar →
grandfather	Oscar Hammerstein I →
hasPartInWork	lyrics →
influenced	Stephen Sondheim → modern musical theatre →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Golden Age of Broadway →
notableWork	Allegro → Carousel → Flower Drum Song → Oklahoma! → Show Boat → South Pacific → The King and I → The Sound of Music →
occupation	director → librettist → lyricist → theatre producer →
relative	Oscar Hammerstein I →
religion	Christianity →
residence	New York City →
spouse	Dorothy Blanchard Jacobson → Myra Finn →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All Er Nuthin' → Away We Go! → Carousel → Cinderella (1997 film) → Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? → I Cain't Say No → Lonely Room → Many a New Day → 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 → You'll Never Walk Alone →	lyricist
Ado Annie Carnes → Aunt Eller → Laurey Williams → Will Parker →	creator
Ali Hakim → Curly McLain → Jud Fry →	createdBy
Away We Go! → Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? → Many a New Day →	lyricsBy
Robert Russell Bennett → Theatre Guild →	collaboratedWith
Kensico Cemetery → Westchester Hills Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Lonely Room →	associatedWith
Ali Hakim →	associatedWithLyricist
Annie Get Your Gun (orchestration) →	associatedWithPerson
Oklahoma! (1955 film) →	basedOnWorkBy
Oklahoma! →	bookBy
Carousel →	bookWriter
Oscar Hammerstein II ("Hammerstein") →	familyName
Oscar Hammerstein II ("Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II") →	fullName
The Prince Is Giving a Ball →	hasLyricsBy
Jerome Kern →	influenced
Rodgers and Hammerstein →	member
Out of My Dreams →	notableCreators
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle →	screenwriter