Reminiscences of Richard Rodgers : oral history, 1968.

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Reminiscences of Richard Rodgers : oral history, 1968.

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Childhood; start in theater; role of Dramatists Guild in securing rights of playwrights; beginnings of the Music Theater of Lincoln Center; association with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II; impressions of George Balanchine, Gertrude Lawrence, Florenz Ziegfeld, Billy Rose and others.

Transcript: 392 leaves.Tape: 2 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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