The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia

It is always fascinating to learn of the creative process, especially when more than one person is concerned. Richard Rodgers had cooperated for many years with Lorenz Hart to produce Broadway hits such as the shows Babes in Arms, Pal Joey and A Connecticut Yankee and classic show songs like Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and My Funny Valentine, and in doing so, Rodgers would always compose the music for Hart to write the lyrics. However, when he teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II, the latter would write the lyrics first and then Rodgers would come up with the...