I think I might go crazy the next time I hear someone say that “My Fair Lady” was written by Rodgers & Hammerstein.
It was not.
The book and lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner, and the music was composed by Frederick Loewe. See (here).
Now you know what NOT to say whenever you see me, haha!
Archive for the 'My Fair Lady' Category
“My Fair Lady” Was Not Written By Rodgers & Hammerstein!
Wednesday, 21 May, 2008
My Favourite Unfinished Song
Thursday, 13 March, 2008
Sure, we all have our favourite songs.
But do you have a favourite “unfinished” song?
To me, the most beautiful unfinished song I’ve ever heard is the one in “My Fair Lady” where Freddy Eynsford-Hill sings:
“Speak, and the world is full of singing,
and I am winging higher than the birds,
touch and my heart begins to crumble,
the heavens [...]
The Library@Esplanade
Wednesday, 18 April, 2007
The Library@Esplanade, Singapore’s first library dedicated to the performing arts, is truly a wonderful library.
I’ve only recently been discovering the wonders of this library, with its fantastic collection of music scores and arts-related books.
(Okay, now for some free publicity for the library…)
For a small fee of S$21 a year (which works out to less than S$2 a month), [...]
No One Does Professor Higgins Better Than Rex Harrison
Saturday, 13 January, 2007
So I caught My Fair Lady the musical at the Esplanade Theatre last night.
I couldn’t miss it for the world, since My Fair Lady is one of my top 3 favourite Broadway musicals of all-time (together with Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music).
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Background
My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical based on the book Pygmalion by [...]
