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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some Enchanted Evening | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 25 |
| Where Or When | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Clarinet, Trumpet, Alto, Saxophone, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 20 |
| I Didn't Know What Time It Was | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 24 |
| People Will Say We're In Love | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 24 |
| Manhattan | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Jazz, pop | 18 |
| Do I Hear A Waltz? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 25 |
| Something Wonderful | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 20 |
| An Ordinary Couple (complete track) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 20 |
| Lover | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 18 |
| June Is Bustin' Out All Over | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 19 |
| Mountain Greenery | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Choir | pop | 14 |
| You Are Too Beautiful | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal | Jazz, Rock, pop | 16 |
| Entrance of the Courtesans | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Low Voice | pop | 19 |
| This Nearly Was Mine | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 19 |
| I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal, Choir | Classical, Pop, Broadway | 20 |
| There's A Small Hotel | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, Classical, Pop | 23 |
| There's Nothing Like a Dame | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto, Ukulele | Country, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 19 |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — | Piano, Organ, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 19 |
| Wait Till You See Her | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal | pop | 19 |
| We Kiss In A Shadow | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, pop | 15 |
| Glad To Be Unhappy | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Flute, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, pop | 14 |
| Happy Talk | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Choir | Jazz, Classical, Pop, Broadway | 14 |
| A Cockeyed Optimist | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Ukulele | Classical, Pop, Broadway | 16 |
| No Other Love | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 17 |
| You Are Beautiful | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 13 |
| Happy Christmas, Little Friend | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 15 |
| I Enjoy Being A Girl | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 15 |
| The Most Beautiful Girl In The World | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal | pop | 14 |
| He Was Too Good To Me | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | Jazz, Country, pop | 15 |
| My Lord And Master | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 14 |
| Love, Look Away | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 15 |
| Slaughter On Tenth Avenue | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto | Jazz, pop | 13 |
| Ten Minutes Ago | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 14 |
| Lonely Room | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 12 |
| Mimi | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 11 |
| Ten Cents A Dance | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 15 |
| How Can Love Survive (complete track) | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 9 |
| I Cain't Say No | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Vocal, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 11 |
| Stepsisters' Lament | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 12 |
| You've Got To Be Carefully Taught | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 11 |
| To Keep My Love Alive | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | pop | 11 |
| The Carousel Waltz | — | — | — | Piano | Classical, Pop, Broadway | 12 |
| Honey Bun | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 9 |
| Spring Is Here | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 7 |
| What's The Use Of Wond'rin' | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal | pop | 10 |
| The March Of The Siamese Children | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto | pop | 11 |
| Carousel: Soliloquy | — | — | — | Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal, Low Voice | Classical, Pop, Broadway | 8 |
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.