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A Short Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II

Author Name:

Oscar Hammerstein II

Born As:

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein.

Other Names:

Oscar Hammerstein II

Born:

12 Jul 1895

Died:

23 Aug 1960




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Dramatist, librettist and writer of musicals                          
Selected Works:

"Ol' Man River" - Show Boat
"Indian Love Call" - Rose Marie
People Will Say We're in Love from Oklahoma", and has been the official state song of Oklahoma since 1953
"Some Enchanted Evening", from South Pacific
"Getting to Know You" from The King and I

"The Sound of Music" as well as "Climb Ev'ry Mountain".                          
Mother Alice Nimmo
Father William Hammerstein

Grandfather was German-born Jewish theater impresario Oscar Hammerstein I                          
Awarded an Oscar for "Best Original Song twice- 
The Last Time I Saw Paris in 1941
It Might As Well Be Spring in 1945

"Songs of the Century" list as compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America - RIAA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Corporation: Two hundred people voted.

The Sound of Music - 36
Oklahoma! - 66
South Pacific - 224
The King and I - 249
Show Boat - 312