Truly wonderful to hear this very great composer speak about his work. Thank you!
@AuntieMamie Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great gift.
@martycee4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful hearing this. Thank you. It's a joy to hear such an intelligent in depth interview with someone who has been the soundtrack and heartbeat of my musical life.
@ToledoWingNut6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. What a legacy he left in his songs and shows.
@stevehinnenkamp56253 жыл бұрын
A revelation to say the least! Mr. Rodgers is candid though somewhat guarded. Some of the questions are tough but Rodgers highly intelligent answers act as shield. I learned more about the great composer of American Musical Theatre in these 30 minutes than in any biographical entry.
@md73067 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to actually hear Richard Rodgers playing his own songs
@alexkije6 жыл бұрын
Only on KZbin!
@mr.bob46305 жыл бұрын
Rodgers was a great and inspired composer. Wonderful to hear him in this interview on the anniversary of his death (December 30).
@organboi6 жыл бұрын
This is marvelous. Thank you.
@kevinbutler11265 жыл бұрын
Tony Thomas also recorded radio interviews with Basil Rathbone,Edward G.Robinson,Stan Laurel,Bud Abbott,Fredrich March,Agnes Morehead,Nelson Eddy,Jeanette MacDonald,Robert Taylor,Francis X.Bushman,Buster Keaton,Harold Lloyd,Jack Benny,Bing Crosby and Walt Disney.
@likemyviolin5 жыл бұрын
Yes, also Oscar Hammerstein II and Irving Berlin, among other greats.
@kevins.butler34024 жыл бұрын
Are the recorded interviews with Oscar Hammerstein The II and Irving Berlin available here at "You Tube"..Violin Piano?
@TheAlain0055 жыл бұрын
RICHARD RODGERS is BROADWAY's greatest composer.I say is because DICK might have died in 1979,but his music lives on.
@cfindegreen2 жыл бұрын
Rodgers was a born prodigy and probably didn't realize how outstanding he was among peers. It's definitely true he didn't like his music altered to extreme and actually sued some performers to sing the songs as he wrote the music. He WAS a shrewd businessman and put his money to very good use. He WAS generous and devoted his time to helping others. The R&H foundation WAS his creation & helps hundreds of musicians every year.
@eslermanu477 жыл бұрын
Genius
@JasonFerguson12833 жыл бұрын
Instant melody man.
@lotteweill3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating interview. Rodgers is of, course, a giant. A glorious and inventive master of his art. It doesn't get better than Rodgers and Hart. Thomas did his home work, and attempts to cover challenging ground. He tries to probe Rodgers. How ever, as Agnes deMille once said, holding up a copy of Rodgers memoir "That man couldn't tell the truth and breathe." That certainly is the case here concerning Harts sexuality, despite Thomas insightfully citing Why Can't I. Granted it is 9 years before Stonewall. But Rodgers is equally misleading when he claims that he is not a businessman.
@samlsmithmusic3 жыл бұрын
Can you elaborate? I’m interested and know little of Rodgers, though I excuse him keeping omerta as to his friend Harts sexuality
@lotteweill3 жыл бұрын
@@samlsmithmusic read A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart by Gary Marmorstein. An honest and thorough biography from 2013. Most libraries have it. There are honest bio's of Rodgers too, but I don't currently have access to my books.
@samlsmithmusic3 жыл бұрын
I will do some research. Your comment does make it seem like Rodgers is a little sinister and I don’t see it, but I’m interested. I imagine back in the day talking money was uncouth as it is today too, and Rodgers’ estate is likely bathing in liquid gold
@lotteweill3 жыл бұрын
@@samlsmithmusic Read the Marmorstein's Hart biography, as I recall, it doesn't deny Rogers enormous talent, and also provides documented facts about his deplorable behavior in regards to the Hart estate. In1943 it was Hammerstein who intervened for Agnes DeMille, and got her a weekly fee of $50.00, after the huge financial $ucce$$ of Oklahoma. Rodgers would not. DeMille had initially got a flat fee of $500.00, no royalty percentage after the opening. Rodgers was OK with that. He played hardball in business and he could also write excellent lyrics.
@Twentythousandlps2 жыл бұрын
I think Rogers saying Hart "had no extraordinary interest in woman" is about as far as he could go in a public interview at that time.
@daphneanson95873 жыл бұрын
One of the true all-time greats. The Rodgers & hart songs are better than the Rodgers & Hammerstein songs, in my opinion.
@barbarahourigan84623 жыл бұрын
❤️
@paules34375 ай бұрын
Try reading "Shy"--written by his daughter Mary Rodgers.
@hitoshiigarashi53505 жыл бұрын
This is how musicals should sound. Not popmusic with some dialoge in between.
@robertd.carver62402 жыл бұрын
Lorenz Hart lyric: "I'll go to hell for ya--or Philadelphia!"