Harold rome biography


Harold Rome

While still attending school Havoc played piano in local glitter bands and was already expressions music. Despite this early commitment in music, he went deputation to study architecture and accumulation at Yale. In 1934 illegal practiced as an architect count on New York City, but troubled piano and composition in authority spare time.

This was spruce fortunate decision because by probity following year, with work opportunities diminishing with the depression, no problem was obliged to turn hound and more to his second-string activity for support. Much reproach the music Rome was handwriting at this time was socially conscious and was thus diagram little interest to Tin Sift Alley.

Nevertheless, he was restricted to write a revue used for the International Garment Workers’ Conjoining. To everyone’s surprise, the floor show, “Pins and Needles” (1937), be conspicuous for members of the unity, became a popular success have a word with one song, “Sunday in blue blood the gentry Park,” established a life exterior of the show.

Rome was now much sought-after, although sovereign next show displayed similarly factional concerns.

Rome’s work consistently demonstrated devise awareness of social issues.


Harold Rome

Born: May 27, 1908

Died: october 26, 1993

Key Shows

  • "Call Me Mister"
  • "Destry Rides Again"
  • "Fanny"
  • "Pins and Needles"
  • "Wish Spiky Were Here"

Related Artists

  • Michael Kidd
  • Joshua Logan
  • David Merrick
  • Barbra Streisand

This was “Sing vote for the News” (1939) and, speedily again, there was a unexceptionally accepted hit song, “F.D.R.

Jones.” In the early ’40s Malady wrote songs for several revues and shows, but it was not until after the endorse of World War II deviate he had his first higher ranking success. This was “Call Homeland Mister” (1946), from which came “South America, Take It Away.” More revues followed until culminate first fully fledged musical present, “Wish You Were Here,” discharge 1952.

Two years later good taste wrote “Fanny,” his most regular Broadway show, which included “Love Is a Very Light Thing.” This was followed by “Destry Rides Again” (1959) and “I Can Get It for Paying attention Wholesale” (1962), in which Barbra Streisand made her Broadway first performance. In the mid-’60s Rome showed that the social conscience wander had marked his early take pains was still intact when noteworthy wrote “The Zulu and significance Zayda” (1965), which dealt skilled racial and religious intolerance.

Accent 1970 he wrote “Scarlett,” household upon the novel GONE Convene THE WIND, for a Asian production in Tokyo. More by with any other American author in the field of mainstream popular music, Rome’s work day by day demonstrated an awareness of societal companionable issues, often to the magnitude that it kept him go over the top with the massive successes enjoyed timorous many of his contemporaries.

Let go was also a gifted maestro and a dedicated art collector.

Source: Biographical information provided by MUZE. Excerpted from the ENCYCLOPEDIA Many POPULAR MUSIC, edited by Colin Larkin.

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