Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) was an American producer, writer, and director of musicals. As a lyricist, he collaborated with Jerome Kern, Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach and, most famously, Richard Rodgers.
Songs performed by the Muppets[]
Music by Rudolf Friml, Lyrics with Otto Harbach[]
- from Rose-Marie
Music by Sigmund Romberg[]
- from The New Moon
- from The Night Is Young
Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics with Otto Harbach[]
- from Sunny
- "Who?"
- from Three Sisters
Music by Jerome Kern[]
- from Show Boat
Music by Richard Rodgers[]
- from Oklahoma!
- from Carousel
- from South Pacific
- from The King and I
- from Flower Drum Song
- from The Sound of Music
References[]
- In Episode 3113 of Sesame Street, Dr. Sing sings the title line of "Ten Minutes Ago" from Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella when pointing to Telly's ten minute-old x-ray.
- In the "Construction Dance" featured in "Elmo's World: Building Things," a singer sings about different tools. As she sings about hammers, she quips, "Hammerstein, eat your heart out."
Notes[]
- A film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Pipe Dream, based on John Steinbeck's novel Sweet Thursday, was once proposed to star the Muppets.[1]