Rodgers and Hart
Broadway composing team
Rodgers and Hart were an American songwriting duo—composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart—who created Broadway musicals and popular standards from the 1920s through the early 1940s.
Their songs include "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp," and "Blue Moon." The partnership ended when Hart died in 1943; Rodgers then partnered with Oscar Hammerstein II.
- LorenzAustrian animal behaviorist
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- musicalsTheatrical works with songs
- musical theaterStaged entertainment combining song
- GershwinComposing brothers' surname
standards · Great American Songbook · songbook · golden age · lyrics · melody · witty · bittersweet · Manhattan · torch song · torch ballad · love song · My Funny Valentine · Bewitched · crooners · jazz age · show tunes · rhyme
collaborative vs solo creation
Rodgers and HartIrving Berlin
golden age vs contemporary musical theater
Rodgers and HartLin-Manuel Miranda
sophisticated urbanity vs folk/populist simplicity
Rodgers and HartWoody Guthrie