Composer
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)
516 works in the index
- Born
- 0
- Died
- 0
- Birthplace
- Queens
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Richard Rodgers, the musical half of the two most successful words-and-music collaborations in Broadway history, was appropriately a child of New York City, born there not long after the start of the 20th century. He spent the 1920s and 1930s composing music for the lyrics of Lorenz Hart. The musicals they wrote together included Dearest Enemy (1925), A Connecticut Yankee (1927), Babes in Arms (1937) and Pal Joey (1940). Pal Joey is perhaps the best-remembered of these today. It was turned into a movie in 1957, starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, and Kim Novak. Sings included “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” “Bewitched,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” and “There’s a Small Hotel.” After personal differences drove Rodgers and Hart apart, Rodgers teamed up instead with Oscar Hammerstein, and worked with him on another string of hits, redefining Broadway, until Hammerstein’s death in 1960. Rodgers died in late 1979. The obituary in The New York Times said that his name had come to represent “the evolution of American musical comedy into an art form of stature.”
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Vocal, Guitar, bass
- Genres represented
- pop, Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 516
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 1 of 11
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Favorite Things | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tu | Jazz, Country, Classical, Pop, Children, Christmas, Musicals, Hip-Hop, Broadway | 104 |
| My Funny Valentine | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Trumpet, Alto, A Cappella, Low Voice | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 66 |
| Climb Ev'ry Mountain | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Recorder | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Religious, Broadway | 60 |
| It Might As Well Be Spring | — | — | — | Piano, Harp, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Clarinet, Trumpet, Alto, L | Jazz, pop | 61 |
| I Could Write A Book | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Choir, Trumpet, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 48 |
| The Sound Of Music | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Alto, Rec | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Children, Christmas, Broadway | 54 |
| Edelweiss | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Recorder, Low Voice, Accord | pop | 49 |
| I Have Dreamed | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 50 |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | Jazz, Rock, Country, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 78 |
| The Lady is a Tramp | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Trombone, Alto, Low Voice, Tenor Saxophone | Jazz, Classical, Pop | 42 |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Low Voice | pop | 38 |
| Blue Moon | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Trumpet | Jazz, Classical, Pop | 37 |
| Isn't It Romantic? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Tenor, Alto, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 38 |
| Falling in Love With Love | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 44 |
| The Lonely Goatherd | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, strings, bass, Vocal, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, L | pop | 37 |
| Little Girl Blue | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, pop | 36 |
| So Long, Farewell | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, strings, Vocal, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Viola, Tenor | Jazz, pop | 33 |
| Sixteen Going On Seventeen | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, Vocal, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Recorder, Viola, Tenor Saxo | Jazz, pop | 36 |
| Maria | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, Vocal, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Viola, Tenor Saxophone | Jazz, pop | 29 |
| Do-Re-Mi | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Cello, Flute, violin, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Alto, Rec | pop | 33 |
| The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Trumpet, Alto, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 37 |
| Something Good | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 30 |
| You Took Advantage Of Me | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 30 |
| I Whistle A Happy Tune | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Flute, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 35 |
| I Have Confidence (complete track) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Recorder | pop | 27 |
| Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Country, pop | 32 |
| Have You Met Miss Jones? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Trumpet | Jazz, pop | 30 |
| Bali Ha'i | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Country, pop | 25 |
| The Sweetest Sounds | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 30 |
| Younger Than Springtime | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 31 |
| The Blue Room | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Trumpet | Jazz, pop | 27 |
| Thou Swell | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 28 |
| If I Loved You | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice | pop | 29 |
| My Romance | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 25 |
| It's A Grand Night For Singing | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Orchestra, Tenor, Choir, Trombone, Trumpet, Alto, Ukulele | Classical, Pop, Children, Latin, Musicals, Broadway | 29 |
| This Can't Be Love | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Low Voice | Jazz, Rock, Country, pop | 27 |
| Getting to Know You | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 29 |
| Hello, Young Lovers | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 29 |
| I Wish I Were In Love Again | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Low Voice | pop | 20 |
| Dancing On The Ceiling | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal | Jazz, pop | 26 |
| Shall We Dance? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | Jazz, pop | 21 |
| It's Easy To Remember | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Saxophone | pop | 24 |
| My Heart Stood Still | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Choir, Low Voice | Jazz, Classical, pop | 25 |
| Wedding Processional | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | pop | 23 |
| The Golden Age Of Broadway | — | — | — | Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, bass, Tenor, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Timpani, Trumpet, Alto, Lute, percussion, Baritone, S | pop | 26 |
| With a Song in My Heart | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 24 |
| In My Own Little Corner | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, pop | 24 |
| It Never Entered My Mind | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 20 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 113475079. Portrait: Rodgers_and_Hammerstein_and_Berlin_and_Tamiris_NYWTS.jpg : Al Aumuller, World Telegram staff photographer derivative work: — The Man in Question (gesprec) · (forðung), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.