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Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson [1] (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer.He is perhaps best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 1957 hit Broadway musical The Music Man [2] and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (1951).
"The Song of Iowa" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of Iowa, written by S. H. M. Byers in 1867 and adopted as the official state song by the Iowa State Legislature on March 20, 1911. The song is set to the tune " O Tannenbaum " and Byers' lyrics' theme is centered on his love and praise for Iowa.
Woyzeck (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔʏtsɛk]) is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837.
Willson spent two years researching Columbus and traveling in Spain and Italy for possible material. [4] Produced by the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, the musical opened in Los Angeles on September 2, 1969, [5] and later transferred to San Francisco where it closed on December 13, 1969. [6] The musical closed before reaching Broadway.
Woyzeck is a 2000 musical with music and lyrics by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, and book by Robert Wilson, based on the unfinished play Woyzeck by German playwright Georg Büchner. It is Waits, Brennan and Wilson's third collaboration, after the 1990 musical The Black Rider and the 1992 musical Alice .
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), [1] known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud".
Pitts served as mayor of Fredericksburg for seven years, school treasurer for twenty-six years, wrote a biographical local history, and was a Master Freemason. Pitts occasionally performed his most famous song. He died in Brooklyn in September 25, 1918 and was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Iowa. [1] [8]
James Stevens (1892 – December 31, 1971) was an American writer and composer.Born in Albia, Iowa, [1] he lived in Idaho from a young age, and based much of his later novel Big Jim Turner (1948) on his childhood spent in Pacific Northwest logging camps.