Oscar Hammerstein II
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N 40° 18.764 W 075° 06.845
18T E 490306 N 4462474
Oh, what a beautiful morning!
Waymark Code: WM19ZY
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Views: 50
Marker Text:
Lyricist and librettist whose collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers transformed the Broadway musical. Their works include South Pacific (1949), The King & I (1951), and The Sound of Music (1959). The bucolic landscape of Hammerstein's nearby farm inspired him to write "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" for the musical Oklahoma! in 1943.
Oscar Hammerstein is the only person named Oscar to ever win an Oscar! He believed in love; he did not believe that it would always end happily. He died shortly after the opening of The Sound of Music on Broadway (stomach cancer). The final song he wrote was Edelweiss.
Marker Name: Oscar Hammerstein II
County: Bucks
Date Dedicated: 07/18/1994
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 202 at East St., Doylestown
Category: Music & Theater
Website: [Web Link]
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