- Title Pages
- Show Tunes
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use this Book
- Part I Composers of the Early Years
- Part II New Composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s
- Hugh Martin
- Leonard Bernstein
- Frederick Loewe
- Jule Styne
- Frank Loesser
- Richard Adler
- Jerry Bock
- Bob Merrill
- Meredith Willson
- Stephen Sondheim
- Charles Strouse
- Harvey Schmidt
- Cy Coleman
- Jerry Herman
- John Kander
- Mitch Leigh
- PART III New Composers of the 1970s and Beyond
- PART IV Notable Scores by Other Composers
- Appendix 1 Chronological Listing of Productions
- Appendix 2 Collaborator Reference Listing
- Appendix 3 Bibliography
- Song Title Index
- Show Index
- People Index
Richard Adler
Richard Adler
Born: August 3, 1921, New York, New York
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- (p.243) Richard Adler
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- Show Tunes
- Author(s):
Steven Suskin
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- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the work of Richard Adler. It begins with an extended commentary of his career, followed by details on productions, with data and song information. Adler was the son of a serious musician, concert pianist Clarence Adler. Following wartime service in the Navy, Adler went into the advertising field. In 1950 he began writing pop songs with Jerry Ross (born March 9, 1926, in the Bronx), including the chart-topping 1953 pop hit Rags to Riches.
Keywords: Richard Adler, composers, Broadway musicals, musical theater, Jerry Ross, Rags to Riches, pop songs
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- Title Pages
- Show Tunes
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use this Book
- Part I Composers of the Early Years
- Part II New Composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s
- Hugh Martin
- Leonard Bernstein
- Frederick Loewe
- Jule Styne
- Frank Loesser
- Richard Adler
- Jerry Bock
- Bob Merrill
- Meredith Willson
- Stephen Sondheim
- Charles Strouse
- Harvey Schmidt
- Cy Coleman
- Jerry Herman
- John Kander
- Mitch Leigh
- PART III New Composers of the 1970s and Beyond
- PART IV Notable Scores by Other Composers
- Appendix 1 Chronological Listing of Productions
- Appendix 2 Collaborator Reference Listing
- Appendix 3 Bibliography
- Song Title Index
- Show Index
- People Index