Dominic McHugh
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199949274
- eISBN:
- 9780199394890
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199949274.003.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American, Popular
This chapter introduces Lerner’s life and work and focuses on his childhood, upbringing, education, and early years on Broadway. It briefly examines the musicals he wrote as a student at Harvard ...
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This chapter introduces Lerner’s life and work and focuses on his childhood, upbringing, education, and early years on Broadway. It briefly examines the musicals he wrote as a student at Harvard University and makes reference to newspaper articles revealing new insights into his first collaborations with Frederick Loewe, Life of the Party, What’s Up?, The Day before Spring, and Brigadoon. It also briefly explores his collaboration with Kurt Weill and ends with an overview of Paint Your Wagon.Less
This chapter introduces Lerner’s life and work and focuses on his childhood, upbringing, education, and early years on Broadway. It briefly examines the musicals he wrote as a student at Harvard University and makes reference to newspaper articles revealing new insights into his first collaborations with Frederick Loewe, Life of the Party, What’s Up?, The Day before Spring, and Brigadoon. It also briefly explores his collaboration with Kurt Weill and ends with an overview of Paint Your Wagon.
