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Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | 
 enlarge | Author: Oscar Hammerstein
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 536453
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 292
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0881883794
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.812
UPC: 073999979527
EAN: 9780881883794
ASIN: 0881883794
Publication Date: October 1, 1985
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Product Description
This volume, edited by William Hammerstein, encompasses lyrics from Oscar Hammerstein's entire canon; from the early "Indian Love Call" written in 1924 with Otto Harbach and Rudolph Friml, to his final song, "Edelweiss," written with his long-time collaborator Richard Rodgers in 1959. Oscar Hammerstein's introduction, Notes on Lyrics, has been an acknowledged classic text for musical theatre enthusiasts since 1949 and remains a definitive work today. To say Oscar Hammerstein II made a significant contribution to the art of lyric-writing is understating the case. He, with his lyrics, and his collaborators, with their music, rewove the fabric of the musical theatre for all time.
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The definitive companion to music theatre writing March 31, 2008
LYRICS by Oscar Hammerstein II remains the definitive manual for anyone writing lyrics for the music theatre. This update with new lyrics and forward by the author and preface by Steven Sondheim is the classic companion to Lehman Engel's book on the making of a musical. And no matter how far we look there will never be a better source for what works in the theatre. Mr. Hammerstein's lyrics remain the quintessential guide to writers, young and old alike, writing for characters on the stage. God bless Oscar!
A Gem December 2, 2003
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you write lyrics (or just love reading them) this is a fascinating read. It's much more than a collection of lyrics, it is the author's commentary on how he went about creating them, plus his views on what makes good lyric-writing and what does not. A little gem, this book is.
recommended September 9, 1999
12 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is more than a collection of masterful song lyrics, the long introductions by Stephen Sondheim and Oscar Hammerstein make it something of a treatise on lyric-writing by two of the art's greatest practitioners. Also recommended: "Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz Rock Keyboardist" by Jeff Burns.
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