Sigmund Romberg
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
produce 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 TV
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.


Stout-hearted Men

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

You have dreams, if you act
They will come true
To turn your dreams to a fact,
It's up to you!
If you have the soul and the spirit
Never fear it, you'll see it through
Hearts can inspire other hearts, with their fire
For the strong obey
When a strong man shows them the way

Give me some men
Who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight for the right they adore
Start me with ten,
Who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more

Shoulder to shoulder
And bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore!
Then there's nothing in the world
Can halt or mar a plan
When stout-hearted men
Can stick together man to man

When stout-hearted men
Can stick together man to man

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