Record ID:
35217377 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 50020012
Heading:
Birth:
  • 18950712
  • New York, N.Y.
Death:
  • 19600823
  • Doylestown, Pa.
Fields of activity:
  • Musical comedy
Occupations:
  • Librettist Lyricist Producer Author Publisher
Used for:
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, 2nd, 1895-1960
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960
Notes:
  • Gypsy Jim, c1924.
  • New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning), II; b. July 12, 1895, New York, d. Aug. 23, 1960, Doylestown, PA; librettist, lyricist, producer, musical comedy author and publisher; grandson of the impresario Oscar Hammerstein I)
  • Answers.com, via WWW, 30 August 2010 (Birthplace: New York, New York; musical-comedy author; first success was Wildflower, 1923; he died shortly after the opening of the Sound of Music on Broadway, 1960. After his death, The Sound of Music was made into the hit 1965 film adaption.)
  • OCLC, 30 January 2013 (usage: Oscar Hammerstein II; Oscar Hammerstein 2nd; Oscar Hammerstein; substantial majority of usages include II or 2nd)
  • Wikipedia, 30 January 2013 (Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895-August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)189528
  • 000000218453
  • abv04062334
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC PPi-MA DLC UPB WaU DLC UPB