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Jerome Kern

Name in Native Language: "Jerome David Kern" (English/EN)
Composer / Songwriter / Coin Collecting / Screenwriter | * 01/27/1885 († 60, 11/11/1945) | Manhattan, New York (United States of America (USA))
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejected, earlier musical theatre tradition. He and his collaborators also employed his melodies to further the action or develop characterization to a greater extent than in the other musicals of his day, creating the model for later musicals. Although dozens of Kern's musicals and musical films were hits, only... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Jerome Kern

Grammy Trustees Award Academy Award for Best Original Song Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score
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Movies with Jerome Kern as Actor(1)

Movies with Jerome Kern as Crew(14)

Sound/Songs1952 Lovely to Look At
Writing/Theatre Play1951 Show Boat
Sound/Music1944 Cover Girl
Sound/Music1944 Can't Help Singing
Sound/Music1938 Joy of Living
Sound/Music1936 Show Boat
Sound/Songs1936 Show Boat
Sound/Music1936 Swing Time
Sound/Songs1936 Swing Time
Sound/Music1935 The Flame Within
Sound/Music1935 Roberta
Sound/Original Music Composer1934 Music in the Air
Writing/Writer1934 Sweet Adeline
Writing/Theatre Play1934 The Cat and the Fiddle

Full Name: Jerome David Kern
Born: Tuesday, 01/27 1885 (January) in Manhattan, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 11/11 1945 (November) in New York City (aged: 60)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Heidelberg University, New York College of Music, Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities
Employer: T.B. Harms & Co.
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Children: Betty Kern
Jerome Kern frequently works together with these people:
Dorothy Fields (5x, Crew)
Irene Dunne (4x, Actress)
Otto A. Harbach (4x, Crew)
Fred Astaire (3x, Actor)
Edmund Goulding (3x, Crew)
Allan Scott (3x, Crew)
Hermes Pan (3x, Crew)
Carroll Clark (3x, Crew)
Darrell Silvera (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:15931, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024