A Rome with a view : three sample chapters of a proposed biography of Broadway composer-lyricist Harold Rome: typescript, 2001.

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A Rome with a view : three sample chapters of a proposed biography of Broadway composer-lyricist Harold Rome: typescript, 2001.

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Three chapters of a proposed biography of composer-lyricist Harold Rome, consisting of 105 pages of text, plus a 25 page Appendix featuring selected lyrics by Rome, all bound in a spiral notebook.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Rome, Harold, 1908-1993

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Harold Jacob "Hecky" Rome (May 27, 1908 – October 26, 1993) was an American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Hartford Public High School. Originally, he chose to go to Trinity College, but transferred because he felt like a "townie". Rome played piano in local dance bands such as Eddie Wittstein's and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University. While at Yale, he also pledged to Tau...

Wiener, Bruce F.

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Composer-lyricist Harold Rome (1908-1993) contributed both words and music to a number of Broadway revues and book musicals. Born in Hartford, Conn., on May 27, 1908, Harold Rome gained early experience as a songwriter at Green Mansions, a summer camp for adults in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. His first major success in musical theater came in 1937 with PINS AND NEEDLES, a revue satirizing labor issues that featured non-professional performers, all of whom were m...