Jerome Kern
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Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg.
A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only Show Boat is now regularly revived. Songs from his other shows, however, are still frequently performed and adapted. Many of Kern's songs have been adapted by jazz musicians to become standard tunes.
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- Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Café Song from "Les misérables") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Maria (From "West Side Story") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- She's a Babe! (From "Gigi") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- It Must Be So (From "Candide") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Never Will I Marry (From "Green Willow") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- The Way You Look Tonight (From "Swing Time") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Love Song (From "Love Life") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- A Fine Romance (From "Swing Time") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- How to Handle a Woman (From "Camelot") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Johanna (From "Sweeney Todd") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Finishing the Hat (From "Sunday in the Park with George") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Alone Together (From "Flying Colors") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- You Do Something to Me (From "Fifty Million Frenchmen") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- There But for You Go I (From "Brigadoon") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Silly People (From "A Little Night Music") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- Night and Day (From "Gay Divorce") - Musicals: Les misérables, West Side Story, Candide, Camelot, Brigadoon, Gigi... - Jerome Kern
- La vida breve: Danse Espagnole - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- 6 Pieces, Op. 7: 1. Love Song (Arr. Kocián for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- 3 Romances, Op. 22: 1. Andante molto - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: 1. Zart und mit Ausdruck - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- 3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 7: 2. Désespoir - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Lensky's Aria (Arr. Auer for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Mythes, Op. 30: 1. La fontaine d'Aréthuse - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Arr. Catherine for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Sospiri, Op. 70: Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante (Arr. for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: 3. Mélodie. Moderato con moto (Ed. Auer) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Der Opernball: Midnight Bells (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Syncopation - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Liebesleid - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
- Roberta: Yesterdays (Arr. for Violin and Piano) - 12 Stradivari - Jerome Kern
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