Meredith Willson

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American composer composer conductor human playwright songwriter

Meredith Willson was an American composer, songwriter, conductor, and playwright best known for creating the hit Broadway musical "The Music Man."

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instanceOf American composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Musical (for The Music Man, as composer-lyricist)
basedOn Mason City, Iowa, United States ⓘ
surface form: Mason City, Iowa
birthName Robert Meredith Willson ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, United States
composedSong It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ⓘ
Seventy-Six Trombones ⓘ
Till There Was You ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1984-06-15 ⓘ
employer NBC Radio ⓘ
familyName Willson ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Meredith ⓘ
Robert ⓘ
inspiredSettingOf River City ⓘ
surface form: River City in The Music Man
language English ⓘ
memberOf John Philip Sousa Band ⓘ
New York Philharmonic ⓘ
name Meredith Willson self-link ⓘ
notableWork Here’s Love ⓘ
The Music Man ⓘ
The Unsinkable Molly Brown ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mason City, Iowa, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
playedInstrument flute ⓘ
piccolo ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Wilson ⓘ
Rilla Zuckerkandle ⓘ
Rini Ziegler ⓘ
subjectOf film adaptation of The Music Man (1962) ⓘ
wroteAutobiography And There I Stood With My Piccolo ⓘ
Eggs I Have Laid ⓘ
wroteMusical Here’s Love ⓘ
The Music Man ⓘ
The Unsinkable Molly Brown ⓘ

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Kermit Bloomgarden → notableCollaboration → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Great Dictator → musicBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Meredith Willson → name → Meredith Willson self-link ⓘ
The Music Man → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Music Man → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Music Man → bookWriter → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Unsinkable Molly Brown → musicBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Mason City, Iowa, United States → hasNotablePerson → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Mason City, Iowa
Here’s Love → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Here's Love
Here’s Love → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Here's Love
Here’s Love → bookWriter → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Here's Love
Here’s Love → musicBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Here's Love
Here’s Love → lyricsBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
subject surface form: Here's Love
Till There Was You → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Till There Was You → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Seventy-Six Trombones → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Seventy-Six Trombones → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Rini Ziegler → spouse → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Rilla Zuckerkandle → spouse → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Rilla Zuckerkandle → partnerOf → Meredith Willson ⓘ
And There I Stood With My Piccolo → author → Meredith Willson ⓘ
And There I Stood With My Piccolo → subject → Meredith Willson ⓘ
And There I Stood With My Piccolo → hasMainCharacter → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Eggs I Have Laid → author → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Eggs I Have Laid → mainSubject → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Harold Hill → createdBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian Paroo → creator → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian Paroo → stageMusicalBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Winthrop Paroo → creator → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Mayor Shinn → creator → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Ya Got Trouble → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Ya Got Trouble → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Goodnight, My Someone → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Goodnight, My Someone → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian the Librarian → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian the Librarian → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian the Librarian → musicBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian the Librarian → lyricsBy → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Marian the Librarian → associatedCreator → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Shipoopi → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
Shipoopi → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Wells Fargo Wagon → composer → Meredith Willson ⓘ
The Wells Fargo Wagon → lyricist → Meredith Willson ⓘ