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Portrait of Richard Rodgers

Composer

Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

516 works in the index

Born
0
Died
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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 10 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.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
A Tree In The Park (Peggy-Ann) — —— Pianopop —
Any Old Place With You (A Lonely Romeo) — —— Pianopop —
At The Roxy Music Hall (I Married An Angel) — —— Pianopop —
Can't You Do A Friend A Favour? (A Connecticut Yankee) — —— Pianopop —
'Cause We Got Cake (Too Many Girls) — —— Pianopop —
College On Broadway (Fly With Me) — —— Pianopop —
Come And Tell Me (Betsy) — —— Pianopop —
Ev'rybody Loves You (I'd Rather Be Right) — —— Pianopop —
Give It Back To The Indians (Too Many Girls) — —— Pianopop —
I Gotta Get Back To New York (Hallelujah, I'm A Bum) — —— Pianopop —
Jupiter Forbid (By Jupiter) — —— Pianopop —
Manhatten (Garrick Gaieties) — —— Pianopop —
Miami (Love Me Tonight) — —— Pianopop —
Moon Of My Delight (Chee-Chee) — —— Pianopop —
Sing For Your Summer (The Boys From Syracuse) — —— Pianopop —
Soon (Mississippi) — —— Pianopop —
The Girl Friend (The Girl Friend) — —— Pianopop —
This Funny World (Betsy) — —— Pianopop —
Where's That Rainbow? (Peggy-Ann) — —— Pianopop —
Have You Met Miss Jones? [Williams, Robbie] — —— —— —
Blue Moon: E — —— —— —
Blue Moon: Vocal Solo — —— —— —
Blue Moon: 2nd E — —— —— —
Blue Moon: Guitar — —— —— —
Blue Moon: Score — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: Vocal Solo — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: Solo Bb Tenor Sax — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: E — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 2nd E — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: B — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 2nd B — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 1st B — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 3rd B — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 4th B — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 1st Trombone — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 2nd Trombone — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 3rd Trombone — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: 4th Trombone — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: Guitar Chords — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: String Bass — —— —— —
My Funny Valentine: Drums — —— —— —
Blue Moon: Piano Accompaniment — —— —— —
Blue Moon: Solo Tenor Saxophone — —— —— —
Blue Moon: B — —— —— —
Blue Moon: 2nd B — —— —— —
Blue Moon: 1st B — —— —— —
Blue Moon: 3rd B — —— —— —

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.