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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- Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Bach, JS: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat, Pt. 1: Musique pour la scène 3. Petits airs au bord du ruisseau - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Shall We Gather at the River - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Bartók: For Children, Sz. 42, Book III "Slovakian Folk Songs": No. 55, A Swim in the River. Allegro - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Première année "La Suisse", S. 160: No. 4, Au bord d'une source - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Poulenc: La fraîcheur et le feu, FP 147: No. 7, La grande rivière qui va - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 20, Des Baches Wiegenlied - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Debussy: Images, Livre II, CD 120, L. 111: No. 3, Poissons d'or - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Down by the Riverside - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Vivaldi: Orlando, RV 728, Act 2: "Se cresce un torrente" (Bradamente) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Einaudi: I due fiumi - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Fauré: Le ruisseau, Op. 22 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Mancini: Moon River (From "Breakfast at Tiffany's") - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Act 1: "Près des torrents qui grondent" (Chœur) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Hasselmans: La source, Op. 44 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Delius: To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water: I. Slow, But Not Dragging - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Mendelssohn: Warnung vor dem Rhein, WoO 16, MWV K105 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Deep River - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Stuck: Cantates françaises et italiennes, Livre IV: No. 5, Les festes bolonnoises: Air. "Que de la Seine à la Tamise" - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Schenck: L'écho du Danube, Op. 9: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor: II. Presto - Adagio - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Enescu: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Op. 27 "Villageoise": IV. River in the Moonlight - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Ives: Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: III. The Ruined River - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Blue River (Arr. Wiéner & Doucet for Two Pianos) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Brahms: 18 Liebeslieder, Op. 52: No. 9, Am Donaustrande - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 60: No. 2, The River - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Anonymous: Like a Mighty River Flowing - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Bliss: A Knot of Riddles: I. Fish in River. Slowly Flowing - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Rorem: The Lordly Hudson - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Kern / Arr. Carradot: Show Boat, Act 1: "Old Man River" - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Jiping: On the Yellow River. Unflinching Love (From "Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker") - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Strauss II, J: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: No. 6, Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Zabel: La source, Op. 23 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali: No. 9, Presso un fiume tranquillo, SV 116 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Gluck: Ezio, Wq. 15, Act 1: Aria. "Se povero il ruscello" (Massimo) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Victoria: Liber primus: No. 27, Super flumina Babylonis - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Mondonville: Dominus regnavit: IV. Elevaverunt flumina, Domine - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Su! Del Nilo al sacro lido" (Il Re, Ramfis, Aida, Radamès, Amneris, Coro, Messaggero) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Picker: Old and Lost Rivers - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Vierne: 24 Pièces de fantaisie, Suite No. 3, Op. 54: No. 5, Sur le Rhin - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Cavalli: Ercole amante, Prologo: "O Gallia fortunata" (Coro di Fiumi) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: No. 7, Rheinlegendchen - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Smetana: Má Vlast: No. 2, The Moldau - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Act 1: Prelude. Dawn Over the Moscow River - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Rameau: Les fêtes d'Hébé, Prologue: "Volons sur les bords de la Seine" (Chœur) - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Song of the Volga Boatmen - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Fučík: Donausagen, Op. 233 - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Prologue: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- Roussel: Évocations, Op. 15: III. Aux bords du fleuve sacré - Airs by the River - Jerome Kern
- 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: I. 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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