Oscar Hammerstein II
Introducción
Estados Unidos (1895 - 1960)
Durante los años 40 y 50, el letrista Oscar Hammerstein II y el compositor Richard Rodgers formaron un extraordinario tándem que los llevó a la cima del éxito en Broadway y más tarde en el cine.
Nació en una familia del mundo del espectáculo en Nueva York. Su abuelo trabajaba en el teatro y era director de la compañía de ópera, y su padre regentaba un teatro de vodevil en Nueva York. Estudio en la Universidad de Columbia, la facultad de derecho. Más tarde se convirtió en director de escena en el teatro de su tío, pero no llegó a cuajar.
Durante los años 20 escribió canciones para Broadway con el letrista Otto Harbach, incluyendo ‘Showboat’ (1928) y ‘Sweet Adeline’ (1929). También colaboró con muchos compositores a lo largo de los años, incluidos George Gershwin y Jerome Kern. Pero su período más prolífico fue con el compositor Richard Rodgers. Se unieron después de que Lorenz Hart, letrista de Rodgers, muriera en 1943.
Desde este momento, Rodgers y Hammerstein fueron grandes creadores de musicales que triunfaron en Broadway y el cine. El musical; Oklahoma! (1943), por el cual recibieron un Reconocimiento especial del Premio Pulitzer (1944). La pareja musical escribió partituras tan célebres como ‘El rey y yo’ (1951) llevado al cine en 1956, y ‘Sonrisas y lágrimas’ (1959) llevado a la gran pantalla en 1965.
El compositor también es autor de las letras de canciones tan conocidas como «Ol ‘Man River» (1927), «Lover, Come Back to Me» (1928). Estas canciones con Jerome Kern. Y «Why Was I Born?» (1929) con Sigmund Romberg.
Reconocimientos
- Óscar de la Academia de Hollywood 2 premios y 3 nominaciones
- Grammy 2
Filmografía
| Año | Película | Canción |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Al sur del Pacífico | "Bloody Mary" "There is Nothin' Like a Dame" "Bali Ha'i" "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" "Twin Soliloquies (Wonder How It Feels)" "Some Enchanted Evening""Dites Moi" "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" "A Wonderful Guy" "Younger Than Springtime" "Happy Talk" "Honey Bun" "My Girl Back Home" "(You've Got to Be) Carefully Taught" "This Nearly Was Mine" |
| 1957 | Para ella un solo hombre | "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" "Bill" "Why Was I Born?" |
| 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | "I'll Take Romance" |
| 1957 | Cinderella (TV) | "The Prince Is Giving a Ball" "In My Own Little Corner" "Royal Dressing Room Scene" "Impossible It's Possible" "Ten Minutes Ago" "Stepsisters' Lament" "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" "When You're Driving Through The Moonlight" (A Lovely Night) "The Wedding" |
| 1956 | El rey y yo | "I Whistle A Happy Tune" "Hello Young Lovers" "A Puzzlement" "Getting To Know You" "We Kiss in a Shadow" "Something Wonderful" "Act I Finale" "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" "Song of the King" "Shall We Dance" "Finale Ultimo: Something Wonderful" |
| 1956 | Carrusel | "Mister Snow" "If I Loved You" "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" "Soliloquy" "When the Children Are Asleep" "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" "Stonecutters Cut It On Stone" "What's the Use of Wond'rin'" "You'll Never Walk Alone" |
| 1955 | Oklahoma | "Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'" "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" "Kansas City" "I Cain't Say No" "Many A New Day" "People Will Say We're In Love" "Pore Jud Is Daid" "Out of My Dreams" "The Farmer and the Cowman" "All 'er Nothin'" "Oklahoma!" |
| 1954 | Profundamente en mi corazón | "You Will Remember Vienna" "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" "It" "One Alone" "Lover Come Back to Me" "Stouthearted Men" "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" |
| 1954 | La última vez que vi París | "The Last Time I Saw Paris" |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | "send them along" "lift 'em up an' put 'em down" "dat's love" "you talk jus' like my maw" "you go for me" "carmen jones is goin' to jail" "dere's a cafe on de corner" "dis flower" "beat out dat rhythm on a drum" "stan' up an' fight" "whizzin' away along de track" "there's a man i'm crazy for" "card song" "my joe" "he got his self another woman" "final duet" "string me high on a tree" |
| 1954 | Rose Marie | "Rose Marie" "Mounties" "Totem Tom-Tom" "Indian Love Call" |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | "There's Music in You" |
| 1953 | La canción del desierto | "One Alone" "The Riff Song" "If One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden" "The Desert Song" "Romance" |
| 1952 | El amor nació en París | "I Won't Dance" |
| 1951 | The Strip | "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" |
| 1951 | Magnolia | "Cotton Blossom" "Where's the Mate For Me?" "Make Believe" "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" "I Might Fall Back on You" "Ol' Man River" "You Are Love" "Why Do I Love You?" "Bill" "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" "Make Believe" "Finale: Ol' Man River" |
| 1950 | El caso 880 | "A Kiss To Build A Dream On" |
| 1950 | La historia de los Miniver | "Ol' Man River" |
| 1949 | Holiday in Havana | "I'll Take Romance" |
| 1949 | Look for the Silver Lining | "Who?" |
| 1949 | Manhattan Angel | "I'll take Romance" |
| 1948 | I Surrender Dear | "When You're in the Room" |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | "Why Was I Born?" "Bill" |
| 1946 | Hasta que las nubes pasen | "Show Boat" "Who?" "Sunny" "One More Dance" "I Won't Dance" "The Last Time I Saw Paris" "All the Things You Are" "Why Was I Born?" "Ol' Man River" |
| 1946 | Centennial Summer | "All Through the Day" |
| 1946 | Talk About a Lady | "A Mist Is Over the Moon" |
| 1946 | The Gentleman Misbehaves | "Home in Your Arms" |
| 1945 | State Fair | "our state fair" "it might as well be spring" "that's for me" "it's a grand night for singing" "isn't it kind of fun?" "all i owe ioway" |
| 1945 | Ten Cents a Dance | "Ten Cents a Dance" |
| 1944 | Broadway Rhythm | "All The Things You Are" "In Other Words Seventeen" "That Lucky Fellow" "All in Fun" |
| 1943 | The Desert Song | "One Alone" "The Riff Song" "The Desert Song" "Romance" |
| 1942 | The Male Animal | "Who?" |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | "The Last Time I Saw Paris" |
| 1941 | Sunny | "D'ye Love Me?" "Sunny" "Two Little Love Birds" "Who?" |
| 1940 | Noche en el trópico | "Your Dream" |
| 1940 | Luna llena | "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" "One Kiss" "Wanting You" "Lover Come Back to Me" "Stouthearted Men" "Marianne" |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | "A Mist Is Over the Moon" "That Week in Paris" |
| 1938 | The Lady Objects | "That Week in Paris" "When You're in the Room" "Home in Your Arms" "A Mist Is Over the Moon" |
| 1938 | The Lone Wolf in Paris | "I'll Take Romance" |
| 1937 | La vuelta del ruiseñor | "I'll Take Romance" |
| 1937 | La furia del oro negro | "High Wild and Handsome" "Can I Forget You ?" "Will You Marry Me Tomorrow Maria ?" "The Folks who live on the Hill" "The Things I Want" "Allegheny Al" |
| 1937 | Champagne Waltz | "I'll Take Romance" |
| 1936 | Magnolia | "Cotton Blossom" "Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo" "Where's the Mate for Me?" "Make Believe" "Ol' Man River" "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" "Mis'ry's Comin' Round" "I Have The Room Above Her" "Gallivantin' Around" "You Are Love" "Ah Still Suits Me" "Bill" "Finale: You Are Love" "Ol' Man River" |
| 1936 | El gran Ziegfeld | "Ol' Man River" |
| 1936 | Esta noche es nuestra | "Fisherman Song" "Lift up your voices" "Sweet Melody of Night" (Romeo's prelude) "Morning song in Naples" "My Love and I" "I Mean to Say I Love You" "Music in the Night (and Laughter in the Air)" |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | "The Mounties" "Rose Marie" "Totem Tom-Tom" "Indian Love Call" |
| 1935 | Annapolis Farewell | "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" |
| 1935 | La indómita | "Reckless" |
| 1935 | Roberta | "I Won't Dance" |
| 1935 | En los tiempos del vals | "The Night is Young" "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" "My Old Mare" "The Noble Duchess" "Lift Your Glass" "There's a Riot in Havana" |
| 1934 | Bella Adelina | "We Were So Young" "Play Us a Polka Dot" "Here Am I" "Why Was I Born" "Oriental Moon" "Molly O'Donahue" "Lonely Feet" "'Twas Not So Long Ago" "Pretty Little Jenny Lee" "Don't Ever Leave Me" |
| 1934 | Música en el aire | "School Prayer" "One More Dance" "I've Told Every Little Star" "There's a Hill Beyond a Hill" "I'm So Eager" "I'm Coming Home" "We Belong Together" "I'm Alone" |
| 1933 | The Secret of Madame Blanche | "Jimmie" |
| 1931 | Children of Dreams | "Fruit Picker's Song" "Oh Couldn't I Love That Girl" "Her Professor" "Children of Dreams" "Sleeping Beauty" "If I Had a Girl Like You" "Seek Love" "Yes Sir" |
| 1930 | Claro de luna | "Lover Come Back to Me" "Wanting You" "One Kiss" "Stout Hearted Men" |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights | "You Will Remember Vienna" "I Bring a Love Song" "I'm Lonely" "Here We Are" "Regimental March" "Yes Yes Yes" "Viennese Nights" |
| 1930 | Sunny | "The Hunt Dance" "I Was Alone" "When We Get Our Divorce" "Who?" "Sunny" "D'Ya Love Me?" "Two Little Love Birds" |
| 1930 | Whoopee! | "Ol' Man River" |
| 1930 | Aurora dorada | "The Whip" "My Bwanna" "We Two" "Dawn" "Mulungu Thabu" |
| 1930 | The Song of the Flame | "The Cossack Love Song" "Song of the Flame" "Wander Away" |
| 1930 | The Three Sisters | "Lonely Feet" "Hand in Hand" "Keep Smiling" "I Won't Dance" "Roll on Rolling Road" "What Good Are Words" "You Are Doing Very Well" |
| 1930 | Song of the West | "The Bride Was Dressed in White" "Hay-Straw" "I Like You as You Are" "The One Girl" |
| 1929 | Show Boat | "C'mon Folks" (Queenie's Ballyhoo) "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" "Hey Feller!" "Bill" "Ol' Man River" "Why Do I Love You" |
