Jerome Kern

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Known For Writer

Gender Male

Jerome Kern

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Long Ago (and Far Away)" and "Who?". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes.

Known For

Writer

1989
Show Boat

as Writer

1969
Roberta

as Theatre Play

1951
Show Boat

as Theatre Play

1934
The Cat and the Fiddle

as Theatre Play

1934
Sweet Adeline

as Writer

Sound

1989
Show Boat

as Music

1969
Roberta

as Songs

1952
1951
Show Boat

as Songs

1946
Till the Clouds Roll By

as Original Music Composer

1946
1944
1944
Cover Girl

as Music

1944
Cover Girl

as Songs

1944
1942
You Were Never Lovelier

as Original Music Composer

1938
Joy of Living

as Songs

1938
Joy of Living

as Music

1936
Show Boat

as Songs

1936
Swing Time

as Original Music Composer

1936
Show Boat

as Music

1935
1935
Roberta

as Songs

1935
Roberta

as Music

1934
1934
Music in the Air

as Original Music Composer

1930
Sunny

as Songs

1930
1929
Show Boat

as Songs