Jerome Kern

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composer film composer human musical theatre composer songwriter

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."

Aliases (1)

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 NERFINISHED → New York College of Music →
familyName	Kern →
fieldOfWork	film music → musical theatre →
fullName	Jerome David Kern →
genre	film score → musical theatre → popular music →
givenName	Jerome →
hasMusicalStyle	American popular song →
influenced	George Gershwin → Harold Arlen → Oscar Hammerstein II → Richard Rodgers →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	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 (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	New York → New York City → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	New York → New York City → United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Eva Leale →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
E. Y. Harburg → Oscar Hammerstein II → Robert Russell Bennett →	collaboratedWith
Jerome Kern ("Jerome David Kern") →	fullName
Westchester Hills Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Swing Time →	musicBy
Fred Astaire →	workedWith