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2 unusual facts about Lorenz Hart


Larry Hart

Lorenz Hart (1895–1943), librettist and songwriter, also/better known as Larry Hart

Richard H. Hoffmann

Once composer Richard Rodgers asked Hoffmann to visit his friend Lorenz Hart who was having problems with alcoholism and who had a strong aversion to being treated by psychiatrists.


Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms is a 1937 musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart.

Finishing the Hat

Additionally Sondheim offers sidebar critiques of some of the most renowned American lyricists of the first half of the 20th century, including Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Lorenz Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, Frank Loesser, and his own mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II.

Girl at Her Volcano

# "My Funny Valentine" (Live) (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:51 - Recorded at The Roxy, L.A., April 18, 1982 - Michael Ruff (piano)

I've Got Five Dollars

"I've Got Five Dollars" is a 1931 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical America's Sweetheart (1931) where it was introduced by Harriette Lake (a/k/a/ Ann Sothern) and Jack Whiting.

In the Time Before Llamas

#"Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)" (5:44), written by Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

New York Scene

# "Ballad Medley: My One and Only Love/It's Easy to Remember/Who Cares?" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin/Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:23

The Chase!

# "Medley: Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)/I Can't Get Started/My Funny Valentine/Misty" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman/Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke/Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers/Errol Garner) - 14:03 Bonus track on CD reissue

Together Again, Again

# "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers) - 4:12


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