26/10/2010

Oscar Hammerstein II celebrates... ?

When the musical Oklahoma! ("Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "People Will Say We're in Love") opened to rave reviews in 1943, its lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein II, celebrated in a special way, taking an ad on Variety.

Hammerstein put words to more than 800 songs, including "Ol' Man River", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Indian Love Call", "Some Enchanted Evening", "The Last Time I Saw Paris", "The Sound of Music", "Climb Every Mountain"...

In the 'celebratory' ad he listed his recent turkeys and adviced everyone as follows:


Holiday Greetings

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, II

author of

Sunny River
(Six Weeks at the St. James Theatre, New York)

_______

Very Warm For May
(Seven Weeks at the Alvin Theatre, New York)
_______

Three Sisters
(Six Weeks at the Drury Lane, London)
_______

Ball At The Savoy
(Five Weeks at the Drury Lane, London)
_______

Free For All
(Three Weeks at the Manhattan Theatre, New York)

* * * * * * *

I'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND
I CAN DO IT AGAIN


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Cuando se estrenó el musical Oklahoma! ("Oh, What a Beautiful Morning", "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "People Will Say We're in Love") en 1943, fue un gran éxito de crítica y público, y su letrista, Oscar Hammerstein II, lo celebró a su manera, publicando un anuncio en Variety, la revista del gremio.

Por dar un poco de contexto, a lo largo de su carrera Hammerstein (1895-1960) ganó dos Oscars y ocho Tonys, y puso letra a más de 800 canciones, como "Ol' Man River", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Indian Love Call", "Some Enchanted Evening", "The Last Time I Saw Paris", "The Sound of Music", "Climb Every Mountain", etc.

En el anuncio "celebratorio", además de felicitar las fiestas, enumeraba sus fracasos más recientes y hacía una advertencia...

Felices fiestas de parte de

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, II

autor de

Sunny River
(Seis semanas en el St. James Theatre, Nueva York)

_______

Very Warm For May
(Siete semanas en el Alvin Theatre, Nueva York)
_______

Three Sisters
(Seis semanas en el Drury Lane, Londres)
_______

Ball At The Savoy
(Cinco semanas en el Drury Lane, Londres)
_______

Free For All
(Tres semanas en el Manhattan Theatre, Nueva York)

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LO HE HECHO ANTES,
Y PUEDO VOLVER A HACERLO

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