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Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon," "Mountain Greenery," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Manhattan," "Where or When," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," "Falling in Love with Love," "My Funny Valentine," "I Could Write a Book", "This Can't Be Love", "With a Song in My Heart", "It Never Entered My Mind", and "Isn't It Romantic?". ==Life and career== Hart was born in Harlem, the elder of two sons, to Jewish immigrant parents, Max M. and Frieda (Isenberg) Hart, of German background. His father, a business promoter, sent Hart and his brother to private schools. (His brother, Teddy Hart, also went into theatre and became a musical comedy star. Teddy Hart's wife, Dorothy Hart, wrote a biography of Lorenz Hart.)〔 Hart received his early education from Columbia Grammar School and then attended Columbia University School of Journalism for two years.〔(Hughson Mooney, "Lorenz Hart" ), PBS. Excerpted from the ''Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 3'': 1941-1945. American Council of Learned Societies, 1973. Reprinted by permission of the American Council of Learned Societies; retrieved November 12, 2010.〕〔(Biography" ) songwritershalloffame.org, retrieved November 12, 2010〕 A friend introduced him to Richard Rodgers, and the two joined forces to write songs for a series of amateur and student productions.〔 By 1918, Hart was working for the Shubert brothers, partners in theatre, translating German plays into English.〔 In 1919, his and Rodgers' song "Any Old Place With You" was included in the Broadway musical comedy ''A Lonely Romeo''. In 1920, six of their songs were used in the musical comedy ''Poor Little Ritz Girl''. They were hired to write the score for the 1925 Theatre Guild production ''The Garrick Gaieties'', the success of which brought them acclaim. Rodgers and Hart subsequently wrote the music and lyrics for 26 Broadway musicals during a more-than-20-year partnership that ended only with Hart's early death. Their "big four" were ''Babes in Arms,'' ''The Boys From Syracuse'', ''Pal Joey'', and ''On Your Toes.'' The Rodgers and Hart songs have been described as intimate and destined for long lives outside the theater.〔 Many of their songs are standard repertoire for singers and jazz instrumentalists. Notable singers who have performed and recorded their songs have included Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, and Carly Simon.〔 Hart has been called "the expressive bard of the urban generation which matured during the interwar years."〔 They wrote music and lyrics for several films, including ''Love Me Tonight'' (1932), ''The Phantom President'' (1932), ''Hallelujah, I'm a Bum'' (1933), and ''Mississippi'' (1935).〔 With their successes, during the Great Depression Hart was earning $60,000 annually, and he became a magnet for many people. He gave numerous large parties. Beginning in 1938, he traveled more often and suffered from his drinking.〔Nolan, Frederick, (''Lorenz Hart: A Poet on Broadway'' ), New York: Oxford University Press (1995), pp. 237-239; accessed December 2, 2010.〕 He was much affected by his mother's death in late April 1943. Rodgers and Hart teamed a final time in the fall of 1943 for a revival of ''A Connecticut Yankee''. Hart had taken off the night of the opening and was gone for two days. He was found ill in a hotel room and taken to the hospital but died in a few days.〔 After Hart's death, Rodgers collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein, with whom earlier that year he had created the hit musical ''Oklahoma!''. 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「Lorenz Hart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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