Piano-vocal score. Upright folio. Softcover, original blue cardstock covers. 172 pp. Inscribed on the title page "For Harold/with thanks for/many happy moments/Dick Rodgers." Short tear into author names on upper wrapper and inscribed leaf, lower right corner of rear cover torn, toned, else fine.
A very fine association recalling "many happy moments" between South Pacific composer Richard Rodgers and Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "South Pacific" first opened in NYC on April 7, 1949 and closed in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. HaroldArlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook—including “Get Happy,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stormy Weather,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and “The Man That Got Away”—which today rank among the best known and loved.
Piano-vocal score. Upright folio. Softcover, original blue cardstock covers. 172 pp. Inscribed on the title page "For Harold/with thanks for/many happy moments/Dick Rodgers." Short tear into author names on upper wrapper and inscribed leaf, lower right corner of rear cover torn, toned, else fine.
A very fine association recalling "many happy moments" between South Pacific composer Richard Rodgers and Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "South Pacific" first opened in NYC on April 7, 1949 and closed in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. HaroldArlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook—including “Get Happy,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stormy Weather,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and “The Man That Got Away”—which today rank among the best known and loved.