Kern
Jerome Kern
(1885-1945)
was born in New York of Jewish/German/Bohemian parents.
He was a 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", "All the Things You Are", "The
Way You Look Tonight", "Long Ago (and
Far Away)" and "Who?". 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 E. Y. Harburg.
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