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Burton Lane (February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist. His most popular and successful works include ''Finian's Rainbow'' and ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever''. ==Biography== Lane was born Morris Hyman Kushner〔(Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music ). Retrieved 8 December 2013〕 in New York City and studied classical piano as a child. At age 14 the theatrical producers the Shuberts commissioned him to write songs for a revue, ''Greenwich Village Follies''. At some later time he became known as Burton Levy, and still later as Burton Lane. He was known for his Broadway musicals, ''Finian's Rainbow'' (1947) and ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' (1965). He also wrote the music for the less remembered Broadway shows, ''Hold On to Your Hats'' (1940), ''Laffing Room Only'' (1944), and ''Carmelina'' (1979), the latter with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, who had also written lyrics to Lane's music for ''On a Clear Day'' and the film ''Royal Wedding'' (1951). Lane mainly wrote music for films, such as ''Dancing Lady'', ''Babes on Broadway'', writing for more than 30 movies.〔(Lane listing ) songwritershalloffame.org, retrieved December 8, 2009〕 He was president of the American Guild of Authors and Composers from 1957 and for the next 10 terms, during which period he campaigned against music piracy. He also served three terms on the board of directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).〔 Lane's best-known songs include "Old Devil Moon," "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", "Too Late Now," "How About You?", and the title song from "On a Clear Day." He shared a Grammy Award in 1965 for Best Broadway Cast Album of the year (''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever''). ''Finian's Rainbow'' has had four major revivals (1955, 1960, 1967, and 2009), and was also made into a film starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in 1968. In 2004 the Irish Repertory Theatre staged a well-received Off-Broadway production. New York's City Center Encores! series performed a critically acclaimed concert version of the piece in March 2009. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, it starred Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin as Finian and Sharon, with Cheyenne Jackson as Woody and Jeremy Bobb as Og, the leprechaun. The most recent Broadway revival opened on October 29 at the St. James Theatre with most of the Encores! cast. Newly added to the Broadway cast are Christopher Fitzgerald as Og and Chuck Cooper as Billboard; Jim Norton, Kate Baldwin and Cheyenne Jackson all reprise their roles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burton Lane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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