Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein IIwas an American librettist, theatrical producer, andtheatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for singers and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such as Jerome Kern, with whom he wrote Show Boat, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth12 July 1895
CountryUnited States of America
Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you? Am I making believe I see in you, a woman too perfect to be really true? Do I want you because you're wonderful, or are you wonderful because I want you? Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream, or are you really as beautiful as you seem?
I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.
I'd let my golden chances pass me by.
These are a few of my favorite things.
I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy
You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Fish got to swim, birds got to fly I got to love one man till I die Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.
Hello, Young Lovers, Wherever You Are.