The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II

The sixth volume in Knopf's critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series contains the text to more than 850 songs by the preeminent musical dramatist of the twentieth century. Oscar Hammerstein II's body of work ranged from the operettas of the twenties and thirties through the golden era of the Broadway and Hollywood musicals of the forties and fifties. With Jerome Kern he wrote eight musicals, includingShow Boat. In 1943 he joined forces with Richard Rodgers, and together they created the most successful partnership in the American musical theater.Oklahoma!,the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, was followed byCarousel,the movieState Fair, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream,the TV musicalCinderella, Flower Drum Song,andThe Sound of Music. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" . . . "Ol' Man River" . . . "Getting to Know You" . . . "Do-Re-Mi" . . . "The Last Time I Saw Paris" . . . "All the Things You Are" . . . "You'll Never Walk Alone" . . . "ShallWe Dance?" . . . "Some Enchanted Evening" . . . "My Favorite Things" . . . "It Might as Well Be Spring" . . . these 850 songs, the whole of Hammerstein's career, are works of lyrical beauty and universal feelingand each is an essential part of our national fabric.