MUSC 398 - Oscar Hammerstein’s Legacy

A study of Oscar Hammerstein’s long career from his early success with Jerome Kern’s ‘Show Boat’ (1927) to ‘Oklahoma!’ (1943) and his long collaboration with Richard Rodgers, including his owns ‘Carmen Jones’ (1943). We will examine his works for stage and screen and his far reaching influence on later generations of musical theater lyricists and composers.

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