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.


Wanting You

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

Wanting you, every day I am wanting you
Every night I am longing to
Hold you close to my eager breast
Wanting love, in that heaven I'm dreaming of
Makes that heaven seem far above
Any hope that I'll gain my quest

Dreams are vain,
But I cling to the merest chance that you may hear me
Dreams are vain,
For whenever I wake I never find you near me
Wanting you, nothing else in this world will do
In this world you are all that I adore

Wanting you, every day I am wanting you
Every night I am longing to
Hold you close to my eager breast
Wanting love, in that heaven I'm dreaming of
Makes that heaven seem far above
Any hope that I'll gain my quest

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