Richard Rodgers

Rodgers at the St. James Theatre in 1948 Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American composers of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music.

Rodgers is known for his songwriting partnerships, first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. With Hart he wrote musicals throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including ''Pal Joey'', ''A Connecticut Yankee'', ''On Your Toes'' and ''Babes in Arms.'' With Hammerstein he wrote musicals through the 1940s and 1950s, such as ''Oklahoma!'', ''Flower Drum Song'', ''Carousel'', ''South Pacific'', ''The King and I'', and ''The Sound of Music''. His collaborations with Hammerstein, in particular, are celebrated for bringing the Broadway musical to a new maturity by telling stories that were focused on characters and drama rather than the earlier light-hearted entertainment of the genre.

Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theater, film, recording, and televisionan Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tonynow known collectively as an EGOT. In addition, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, making him one of only two people to receive all five awards (Marvin Hamlisch is the other). In 1978, Rodgers was in the inaugural group of Kennedy Center Honorees for lifetime achievement in the arts. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Babes in arms : (1959 version) /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1985
    Musical Score Book
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    The sound of music /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1995
    Musical Score Book
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    André Previn & his pals (Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell) : from the musical, "Pal Joey" /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1991
    CD Audio
  4. 24
    Pal Joey /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1992
    CD Audio
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    South Pacific : the new Broadway cast recording.
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 2008
    CD Audio
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    South Pacific /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1986
    CD Audio
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    The sound of music : the complete book and lyrics of the Broadway musical /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 2010
    Book
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    Dearest enemy /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 2013
    CD Audio
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    Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I : motion picture sound track /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1956
    CD Audio
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    Flower drum song : vocal selection /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1958
    Musical Score Book
  11. 31
    Rodgers and Hammerstein's the Sound of music : original sound track.
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1965
    CD Audio
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    Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! /
    by Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
    Published 1999
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Connect to this streaming video (Films on Demand)
    Video
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    State fair /
    Video DVD
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    State fair /
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Video Blu-ray Disc
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    Mercury living presence : the collector's edition.
    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856, Arensky, Anton, 1861-1906, Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960, Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959, Boieldieu, A. (Adrien), 1775-1834, Bolzoni, G. (Giovanni), 1841-1919, Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887, Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, Chausson, Ernest, 1855-1899, Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960, Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, Franck, César, 1822-1890, German, Edward, 1862-1936, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983, Glière, Reinhold Morit︠s︡evich, 1875-1956, Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857, Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981, Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924, Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963, Kálmán, Emmerich, 1882-1953, Lalo, Edouard, 1823-1892, Lanner, Joseph, 1801-1843, Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948, Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886, Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881, Nicolai, Otto, 1810-1849, Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph, 1760-1836, Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921, Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856, Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Soler, Antonio, 1729-1783, Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932, Strauss, Eduard, 1835-1916, Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899, Strauss, Josef, 1827-1870, Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949, Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900, Suppé, Franz von, 1819-1895, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767, Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896, Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741, Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, Waldteufel, Emil, 1837-1915, Walton, William, 1902-1983, Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826, Weinberger, Jaromír, 1896-1967
    Published 2015
    CD Audio
  16. 36
    South Pacific /
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Book
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    Rodgers and Hammerstein fact book.
    Published 1955
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Book
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    A tribute to George M. Cohan.
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    CD Audio
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    I'd rather be right /
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Book
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    The King and I /
    Published 1984
    Other Authors: “...Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979...”
    Video VHS
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