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Herbert Kretzmer (Kroonstad, 5 ottobre 1925 – Londra, 14 ottobre 2020) è stato un giornalista e paroliere sudafricano. Biografia. Nato nel Sudafrica iniziò la carriera facendo documentari e curando una rubrica sul cinema. Divenne presto giornalista per il Johannesburg Sunday Express.
Herbert Kretzmer OBE (5 October 1925 – 14 October 2020) was a South African-born English [citation needed] journalist and lyricist. He was best known as the lyricist for the English-language musical adaptation of Les Misérables and for his collaboration with French singer and songwriter Charles Aznavour.
14 ott 2020 · Les Misérables lyricist Herbert Kretzmer dies aged 95 This article is more than 3 years old Former journalist penned English lyrics to the megahit musical and wrote songs including Aznavour’s...
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14 ott 2020 · Herbert Kretzmer, a London theater critic who wrote the English lyrics to an all-but-forgotten French musical called “Les Misérables” in 1985, giving new life to what has become one of the...
Herbert Kretzmer was born in South Africa where he began a career in journalism writing the commentary for a weekly cinema newsreel. He came to live in London in 1954, and has since pursued twin careers as a newspaperman and songwriter. He joined the London Daily Express in 1960 and later became its senior drama critic, a post he held for 18 ...
14 ott 2020 · Getty Images. Lyricist and journalist Herbert Kretzmer, best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, has died at the age of 95. The South African-born English...
19 ott 2020 · Herbert Kretzmer was a newspaperman who moonlighted as a lyricist and produced the libretto for the English version of Les Misérables, the epic musical that remains an international sensation...
