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Jerome Kern

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[Wikipedia] Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fin

Quotes by Jerome Kern

The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better…

Composer

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I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

Both

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Go on being uncommercial. There's a lot of money in it.

Goes on

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Cartoonist Walt Disney has made the twentieth century's only important contribution to music. Disney has made use of music as language.

Cartoonist

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Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.

American music

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Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people,…

American music

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Musical numbers should carry the action of the play and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them.

Action

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