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    Jerome Kern in 1934. Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.

  2. Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music and, according to a joint resolution passed by Congress, "the father of American musical theater".

  3. Jerome Kern (born Jan. 27, 1885, New York City—died Nov. 11, 1945, New York City) was one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre.

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  4. Jerome David Kern was born in 1885. He began his stage career grafting American songs (for which he wrote the music) into imported European operettas. His breakthrough came with the song "They Didn't Believe Me", written (with lyrics by Edward Laska) for a show called "The Girl from Utah".

    • January 27, 1885
    • November 11, 1945
  5. Wrote over 700 songs for dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films. Jerome Kern was born in New York City on January 27, 1885. Growing up in the middle-class atmosphere of East 56th Street, he attended public schools.

  6. Dec 31, 2020 · Meet Jerome Kern. Jerome Kern (1885-1945) wrote “They Didn’t Believe Me” for a Broadway show called The Girl from Utah in 1914. The song consisted of sixteen bars, half the length of the standards to come. But Kern’s melody and its harmonic and rhythmical possibilities made it the prototype of the modern ballad.

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  8. Learn about Jerome Kern, one of the greatest and most beloved composers of American musical theater. Explore his life, career, and legacy, from his early adaptations of British shows to his groundbreaking collaborations with Oscar Hammerstein II and P. G. Wodehouse.

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