Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern · Arts & Literature
Composer - Show Boat and Broadway Standards
1885, New York City, United States — 1945, New York City, United States
United States
Jerome Kern is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Composer - Show Boat and Broadway Standards
Jerome Kern was one of the most influential composers of American musical theater, whose 1927 landmark Show Boat integrated song and story and whose standards ('Ol' Man River', 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes') anchor the Great American Songbook. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City.
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Source: Great American Songbook
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Composer - Show Boat and Broadway Standards
Source: Great American Songbook
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