Richard Rodgers's Life And Accomplishments

Richard Rodgers was an American composer, songwriter, and playwright. He composed for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway Musicals. He also composed music for film and television. Richard rogers was born on June 28, 1902, in Arverne, Queens, New York City. He started playing piano at age six. He attended P.S. 10, Townsend Hall, DeWitt Clinton High School, and Columbia University.
He Joined PI. Lambda Phi while at Columbia University. In 1921, He switched his studies to Juilliard. He was Influenced by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern. Some of the awards that Rodgers won included the Kennedy Center Honors, Special Tony Award, and Grammy Trustees Award.He died on December 30, 1979 at the age of 77. Rodgers left behind a legacy of more than 900 published songs, forty musicals, and many works for film and television.
Oscar Hammerstein II was an American librettist and theatre producer.
They also appeared in the trailer for the film version of their production of South Pacific in 1958. Before their partnership, Rodgers and Hammerstein were individually successful. After Hammerstein’s death in 1960, Rodgers wrote the music and lyrics for No Strings. He earned two Tonys for the song. He also composed the music for Do I Hear A Waltz? . The Lyrics for Do I Hear A Waltz? were written by a Hammerstein protege by the name of Stephen Sondheim.
“I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.”—Hammerstein on Rodgers. “He’s a meticulously hard worker and yet he’ll roam the grass of his farm for hours and sometimes days before he can bring himself to put a word on paper.”—Rodgers on Hammerstein. Rodgers and Hammerstein changed the face of American musical theater by blending the elements of drama, music and dance. Six of their eleven musicals were a huge success. Their first production, Oklahoma! was on Broadway for five years (1943-1948). They brought musical theatre closer to classical