Jerome Kern

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Jerome Kern was a pioneering American composer of musical theatre and film scores, best known for classics like "Show Boat" and standards such as "Ol' Man River" and "The Way You Look Tonight."

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Jerome Kern canonical 64
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II 2
Jerome David Kern 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
film composer
human
musical theatre composer
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1945
activeYearsStart 1902
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song
burialPlace Ferncliff Cemetery
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1885-01-27
dateOfDeath 1945-11-11
educatedAt Heidelberg University
New York College of Music
familyName Kern
fieldOfWork film music
musical theatre
fullName Jerome Kern self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jerome David Kern
genre film score
musical theatre
popular music
givenName Jérôme
surface form: Jerome
hasMusicalStyle American popular song
influenced George Gershwin
Harold Arlen
Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement M. Witmark & Sons
surface form: Tin Pan Alley
notableAwardWork The Way You Look Tonight
notableFor integrating songs into musical theatre narrative
notableWork A Fine Romance
All the Things You Are
Leave It to Jane
Long Ago (and Far Away)
Music in the Air
Oh, Boy!
Ol' Man River
Roberta
Sally
Show Boat
Show Boat
surface form: Show Boat (1927 musical)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Sunny
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Way You Look Tonight
They Didn't Believe Me
Till the Clouds Roll By
Very Warm for May
occupation composer
pianist
songwriter
placeOfBirth Manhattan
surface form: New York

New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York

New York City
United States of America
sexOrGender male
spouse Eva Leale

Referenced by (68)

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Fred Astaire workedWith Jerome Kern
Swing Time musicBy Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern fullName Jerome Kern self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jerome David Kern
E. Y. Harburg collaboratedWith Jerome Kern
Show Boat composer Jerome Kern
Ira Gershwin collaboratedWith Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton collaboratedWith Jerome Kern
Dorothy Fields collaboratedWith Jerome Kern
The Way You Look Tonight composer Jerome Kern
A Fine Romance composer Jerome Kern
A Fine Romance writer Jerome Kern
A Fine Romance musicBy Jerome Kern
Pick Yourself Up composer Jerome Kern
Pick Yourself Up musicBy Jerome Kern
Never Gonna Dance musicBy Jerome Kern
Never Gonna Dance composer Jerome Kern
subject surface form: song Never Gonna Dance
Never Gonna Dance finale musicBy Jerome Kern
Kern hasNotableBearer Jerome Kern
Ol' Man River composer Jerome Kern
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes composer Jerome Kern
Long Ago (and Far Away) composer Jerome Kern
They Didn't Believe Me composer Jerome Kern
Till the Clouds Roll By portrays Jerome Kern
Till the Clouds Roll By musicBy Jerome Kern
Sunny composer Jerome Kern
Sunny musicBy Jerome Kern
Very Warm for May composer Jerome Kern
Very Warm for May musicBy Jerome Kern
Very Warm for May hasComposer Jerome Kern
Music in the Air composer Jerome Kern
Music in the Air musicBy Jerome Kern
Leave It to Jane composer Jerome Kern
Oh, Boy! composer Jerome Kern
Oh, Boy! musicBy Jerome Kern
Oh, Boy! hasCreator Jerome Kern
Eva Leale spouse Jerome Kern
You Were Never Lovelier musicBy Jerome Kern
All the Things You Are composer Jerome Kern