Richard Rodgers (1902 – 1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895 – 1960) were a well-known American songwriting duo, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein. They created a string of popular Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s during what is considered the golden age of the medium. With Rodgers composing the music and Hammerstein adding the lyrics, five of their shows, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, were outstanding successes. In all, among the many accolades that their shows (and their film versions) garnered were thirty-four Tony Awards,[1] fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammys.
Some of their works include:
* (1943) Oklahoma!
* (1945) Carousel
* (1945) State Fair (film)
* (1947) Allegro
* (1949) South Pacific
* (1951) The King and I
* (1953) Me and Juliet
* (1955) Pipe Dream
* (1957) Cinderella (television)
* (1958) Flower Drum Song
* (1959) The Sound of Music
* (1962) State Fair (film remake, with additional songs by Rodgers)
* (1965) Cinderella (television remake)
* (1993) A Grand Night for Singing (revue)
* (1996) State Fair (stage version)
* (1997) Cinderella (third television version, with additional songs from shows
by Rodgers and Hart)
* (2001) South Pacific (television remake: the storyline generally follows that
of the show and the 1958 film version, but new scenes are added, and
the song "Happy Talk" was omitted as lacking political correctness)
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