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| - Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) was a Tony Award-winning Austrian-American composer. Loewe was born in Berlin to Viennese parents Edmond and Rosa Loewe. His father Edmond was a noted Jewish operetta star who traveled considerably, to North and South America and throughout much of Europe. Fritz grew up in Berlin and attended a Prussian cadet school from the age of five until he was thirteen.At an early age Loewe learned to play piano by ear and helped his father rehearse. He eventually attended a music conservatory in Berlin, one year behind virtuoso Claudio Arrau. Both won the coveted Hollander Medal awarded by the school, and Fritz gave performances as a concert pianist while still in Germany.In 1925, his father received an offer to appear in New York, and Loewe traveled there with him, determined to write for Broadway. This proved to be difficult, and he found work playing piano in German clubs in Yorkville and in movie theaters as the accompanist for silent pictures. Loewe began to visit The Lambs Club, a hangout for theater performers, producers, managers, and directors. It was here that he met Alan J. Lerner in 1942. Their first collaboration was a musical adaptation of Barry Connor's farce The Patsy called Life of the Party for a Detroit stock company. It enjoyed a nine-week run and encouraged the duo to join forces with Arthur Pierson for What's Up?, which opened on Broadway in 1943. It ran for 63 performances and was followed two years later by The Day Before Spring. One of Broadway's most successful partnerships had been established. Their first hit was Brigadoon, a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis. It was followed in 1951 by the less successful Gold Rush story Paint Your Wagon.In 1956 Lerner and Loewe unveiled My Fair Lady. Their adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion retained his social commentary and added unusually appropriate songs for the characters of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, played originally by Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. It was hugely popular and set box-office records in New York and London. Together with Lerner, he won the Tony Award for Best Musical. With My Fair Lady a smash hit, MGM took notice, and commissioned them to write the 1958 film musical Gigi, which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Their next Broadway production, Camelot, received mediocre reviews when it opened. The director and producer arranged for stars Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, and Robert Goulet to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and sing a few numbers from the musical, along with an appearance by Lerner and Loewe. The following morning the box office was swamped with requests, and Camelot became a huge hit. Loewe then decided to retire to Palm Springs, California, not writing anything until he was approached by Lerner to augment the Gigi film score with additional tunes for a 1973 stage adaptation, which won him his second Tony, this time for Best Original Score. The following year they collaborated on a musical film version of The Little Prince, based on the classic children's tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This film was a critical and box office failure, but has become a cult favorite, with the soundtrack recording and the film itself back in print (on CD and DVD) after many years of being unavailable. Loewe was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He remained in Palm Springs until his death. (en)
- Frederick Loewe est un compositeur américain, né le 10 juin 1901 à Berlin (Allemagne), et décédé le 14 février 1988 à Palm Springs . (fr)
- Frederick Loewe, was een Amerikaans componist van Oostenrijkse afkomst, zij vader was de tenor Edmund Löwe. In 1924 emigreerde hij met zijn vader naar de Verenigde Staten. De eerste musical die hij daar schreef was Salute to spring en werd in 1937 uitgevoerd. Een jaar later haalde hij met de musical Great lady Broadway. Zijn grootste successen echter behaalde hij door de samenwerking met tekstdichter A.J. Lerner, zoals Patsy, Brigadoon en Gigi. Hun bekendste en succesvolste werk werd My fair lady, gebaseerd op het toneelstuk Pygmalion van George Bernard Shaw. Veel van zijn musicals zijn later verfilmd. (nl)
- Frederick Loewe, född Friedrich Löwe 10 juni 1901 i Wien, död 14 februari 1988 i Palm Springs, Kalifornien, var en österrikisk-tysk-amerikansk kompositör. Loewe föddes i Wien men växte huvudsakligen upp i Berlin med sina österrikiska föräldrar. Hans far var operettenor och spelade bland annat Danilo i Glada änkan vid premiären i Berlin. Som ung studerade han musik men emigrerade 1924 till USA. Där hade han ingen framgång som konsertmusiker eller kompositör förrän han började samarbeta med textförfattaren Alan Jay Lerner. Tillsammans skrev de en rad musikaler som nästan alla gått till amerikansk teaterhistoria. Deras två största framgångar var Broadwaymusikalen My Fair Lady (1956) och filmmusikalen Gigi (1958), vilka gav Loewe möjlighet att berika den amerikanska populärmusikstilen med den europeiska operett- och dansmusik han kände från sin ungdom. (sv)
- Frederick Loewe (10 de junio, 1901, Berlín - 14 de febrero, 1988, Palm Springs, California) fue un letrista estadounidense de origen alemán. Loewe fue un pianista prodigioso; a la edad de 13 años se convirtió en el solista más joven que jamás haya tocado con la Orquesta Filarmónica de Berlín. Estudió con Eugen d'Albert y Ferruccio Busoni. Su canción Katrina que escribió a los 15 años, vendió más de un millón de copias. Al llegar a los Estados Unidos en 1924, añadió música a varias revistas de Broadway. En 1942 conoció a Alan Jay Lerner y trabajaron juntos durante 18 años, de cuya relación se produjeron cinco clásicos musicales. Las diferencias personales le pusieron fin a su asociación después de Camelot en 1960, pero se reunieron para hacer la adaptación de su filme Gigi al escenario teatral en 1973 y para escribir las canciones de la película The Little Prince de 1974. Categoría:Nacidos en 1901 Categoría:Fallecidos en 1988 Categoría:Pianistas de Estados Unidos (es)
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| - Frederick Loewe (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) was a Tony Award-winning Austrian-American composer. (en)
- Frederick Loewe est un compositeur américain, né le 10 juin 1901 � Berlin (Allemagne), et décédé le 14 février 1988 � Palm Springs . (fr)
- Frederick Loewe, was een Amerikaans componist van Oostenrijkse afkomst, zij vader was de tenor Edmund Löwe. (nl)
- Frederick Loewe, född Friedrich Löwe 10 juni 1901 i Wien, död 14 februari 1988 i Palm Springs, Kalifornien, var en österrikisk-tysk-amerikansk kompositör. (sv)
- Frederick Loewe (10 de junio, 1901, Berlín - 14 de febrero, 1988, Palm Springs, California) fue un letrista estadounidense de origen alemán. (es)
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