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Dearest Enemy
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Orchestra of Ireland
Dearest Enemy
Genre: Broadway & Vocalists
 
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The composer perhaps most influenced by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern was Richard Rodgers (1902 1979), who acknowledged his affection for Kern's shows with Bolton and Wodehouse. His score for Dearest Enemy, his first Broa...  more »

     

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All Artists: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Orchestra of Ireland, Annalene Beechey, Kim Criswell, James Cleverton, Philip O'Reilly
Title: Dearest Enemy
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: New World Records
Release Date: 10/8/2013
Genre: Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 093228074922

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The composer perhaps most influenced by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern was Richard Rodgers (1902 1979), who acknowledged his affection for Kern's shows with Bolton and Wodehouse. His score for Dearest Enemy, his first Broadway success, is clearly influenced by Kern's graceful way with a good melody. Dearest Enemy, written with lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895 1943) and book writer Herbert Fields (1897-1958) opened on September 18, 1925. It displays the young composer's synthesis of Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, Sigmund Romberg and other writers of the day. Rodgers' work with Lorenz Hart covered a wide range, from the sophisticated innocence of Babes in Arms (1937) to adaptations of Mark Twain, Shakespeare and the sleazy showbiz world of John O'Hara's Pal Joey (1940). Dearest Enemy is a romantic score by the composer who would write Carousel twenty years later and shows how the third generation of composers for Broadway helped to make the transition from operetta to musical theater.

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