Sigmund Rombrg
Sigmund Romberg was born on July 29,1887
in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. In 1909, he moved
to the United States and settled in New York.
His first great success came in 1917 with
"Maytime", and another was the success
"Blossom Time" in 1921. He followed that
with one of his greatest successes, "The
Student Prince", in 1924.
In 1926, Romberg teamed up with Oscar
Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for
"The Desert Song", and with Hammerstein
for "New Moon" in 1928.
Throughout the 1930s, he wrote for several
films, including two with Hammerstein,
"Viennese Nights" (1930) and "The Night is
Young" (1934), which featured the song
"When I Grow Too Old to Dream." His final
Broadway show, written with Victor Herbert
and Dorothy Fields, was "Up in Central Park"
in 1945.

In 1954, Jose Ferrer portrayed Romberg
in the film "Deep in My Heart".

Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II is today considered the most important figure in the history of American musical theatre for he was probably the best "book writer" in Broadway history. His most successful collaboration came when he teamed up with Richard Rodgers to write a musical adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs. The result was Oklahoma a show which revolutionized the American musical theatre

It also began a partnership which would pro- duce such classic Broadway musicals as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music as well as the musical film State Fair and the television musical Cinderella.

Hammerstein also produced the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones, an adaptation of Geoges Bizet's opera Carmen with an all black cast.

Lover Come Back To Me

Words & music by:-
Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II

You went away I let you,
You broke the ties that bind,
I'm longing to forget you,
And leave that world behind
Still the magic of the night I met you,
Stays forever in my mind

The sky was blue and high above
The moon was new and so was love
This eager heart of mine was singing
Lover, where can you be

It came at last love had its day
That day is past, you've gone away
This eager heart of mine is singing
Lover, come back to me

I remember every little thing we used to do
I'm so lonely
Every road I walk along, I walk along with you
No wonder I am lonely

The sky is dark, the night is cold
The moon is new, but love is old
And while I'm waiting here
This heart of mine is singing
Lover, come back to me

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