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Frederick Loewe (Berlino, 10 giugno 1901 – Palm Springs, 14 febbraio 1988) è stato un compositore austriaco naturalizzato statunitense
Frederick Loewe (/ ˈ l oʊ /, originally German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe German pronunciation:; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988) was an American composer.
- Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe
- New York City, U.S.
- Broadway theatre musicals
- June 10, 1901, Berlin, Germany
- Background and Previous Work
- Meeting
- Early Work
- Working Relationship and Personalities
- Final Collaboration
- List of Theatre Works
- Films and Film Adaptations
- References
Growing up in Austria, Frederick or "Fritz" Loewe was a child prodigy concert pianist and son to a Viennese Operetta star, Edmond Loewe. After moving to New York City, he worked as a pianist in German clubs and was accompanist for silent films but never had a partnership before working with Lerner.Conversely, Alan Lerner was born in New York City a...
In August 1942 at the Lambs Club in New York City 24 year old American, Alan Jay Lerner and 41 year old Austrian, Frederick Loewe, officially met each other.As recounted by Lerner, the two met by chance when Loewe took a wrong turn on his way to the bathroom. Loewe asked Lerner if he wrote lyrics and upon affirmation, Loewe asked if he wanted to wr...
While the two were quick to work with each other, the initial two musicals Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe worked on were not a commercial success and would be heavily regarded today as "flops." The very first of their collaborations, Life of the Party, was worked on in 1942 at a stock company in Detroit, ran for 9 weeks and never made it to a Broad...
One element Lerner stated was instrumental to his partnership with Loewe was Loewe's patience. Lerner's creative process could take as little as a few hours, and as much as a few weeks, yet he never felt pressured nor shamed by his counterpart.While Loewe did not require as long periods of time to compose his music as Lerner required to write lyric...
Their final collaboration was on the 1974 musical film The Little Prince. The All Moviereviewer wrote: "Although Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe crafted a hummable and entertaining score, it is not among their best work; worse, its tone and style are frequently at odds with the story." Lerner said this of Loewe: In The New York Timesobituary fo...
Lees, Gene (2005, originally published 1991). The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe. University of Nebraska Press (bisonbooks.com), ISBN 0-8032-8040-8Green, Benny, Editor (1987). A Hymn to Him: The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-87910-109-1Lerner, Alan Jay (1985). The Street Where I Live. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80602-9Green, Benny. "Frederick Loewe, a prince of musical comedy", The Guardian, February 16, 1988, p. 33Frederick Loewe (born June 10, 1901, Berlin, Germany—died February 14, 1988, Palm Springs, California, U.S.) was a German-born American composer and collaborator with Alan Jay Lerner on a series of hit musical plays, including the phenomenally successful My Fair Lady (1956; filmed 1964).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady.
Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White.
Frederick Loewe | Songwriters Hall of Fame. here. With partner Alan Jay Lerner a Broadway powerhouse. Browse Song Catalog: ASCAP. Frederick Loewe. Inductee. 1901- 1988 Born/Died. 1972 Inducted. Adapted European operetta tradition for American musical theater.
