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Leonard Bernstein
Famous works include 'West Side Story', 'On the Town', and 'Candide'. Style is noted for its incorporation of jazz, classical, and American urban sounds.
Irving Berlin
Famous works include 'Annie Get Your Gun', 'White Christmas', and 'Alexander's Ragtime Band'. Style is characterized by his classic ballads and patriotic songs.
Stephen Schwartz
Famous works include 'Wicked', 'Godspell', and 'Pippin'. Style is characterized by catchy melodies, pop/rock influences, and exploration of contemporary themes.
Jerry Herman
Famous works include 'Hello, Dolly!', 'Mame', and 'La Cage aux Folles'. Style features optimistic melodies with catchy, traditional Broadway tunes.
Stephen Sondheim
Famous works include 'Sweeney Todd', 'Into the Woods', and 'Company'. Style is known for complex lyrics and sophisticated musical structures.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Famous works include 'Hamilton', 'In the Heights', and 'Moana'. Style blends traditional musical theater with hip-hop, pop, R&B, and Latin music.
Cole Porter
Famous works include 'Anything Goes', 'Kiss Me, Kate', and 'Can-Can'. Style known for its clever lyrics, complex rhymes, and sophisticated forms.
John Kander
Famous works include 'Chicago', 'Cabaret', and 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'. Style known for its jazzy tunes and exploration of dark and controversial themes.
Frank Loesser
Famous works include 'Guys and Dolls', 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying', and 'The Most Happy Fella'. Style includes a combination of wit, charm, and sophistication.
Meredith Willson
Famous works include 'The Music Man', 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown', and 'Here's Love'. Style showcases Americana with a blend of traditional musical theatre and a marching band feel.
Jonathan Larson
Famous works include 'Rent' and 'Tick, Tick... Boom!'. Style blends rock music with traditional musical theatre, addressing contemporary social issues.
Lerner and Loewe
Famous works include 'My Fair Lady', 'Camelot', and 'Gigi'. Style is noted for its literate librettos and memorable melodies, often adapting classic literature for the stage.
Richard Rodgers
Famous works include 'The Sound of Music', 'Oklahoma!', and 'Carousel'. Style features a classic Broadway sound with memorable melodies.
Oscar Hammerstein II
Famous works include 'South Pacific', 'The King and I', and 'Show Boat'. Style known for groundbreaking narratives and integration of song into storytelling.
Alan Menken
Famous works include 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Beauty and the Beast', and 'The Little Mermaid'. Known for his work with Disney and for creating songs that have become part of the American pop culture lexicon.
Cy Coleman
Famous works include 'Sweet Charity', 'City of Angels', and 'The Will Rogers Follies'. Style includes jazz-inflected scores and big Broadway numbers.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Famous works include 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Cats', and 'Evita'. Style includes rock, classical cross-over, and electronic music influences.
Frederick Loewe
Famous works include 'My Fair Lady', 'Camelot', and 'Brigadoon'. Style features lush melodies that perfectly complement the sophisticated lyrics of his collaborator, Alan Jay Lerner.
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Famous works include 'Les Misérables', 'Miss Saigon', and 'Martin Guerre'. Style incorporates operatic elements and rich dramatic scoring.
George Gershwin
Famous works include 'Porgy and Bess', 'An American in Paris', and 'Girl Crazy'. Style merges classical and jazz, capturing the energy and essence of American music.
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