Kern, Jerome

Period: Early 20th Century

Born: Tuesday, January 27, 1885 in New York, New York (USA)

Died: Sunday, November 11, 1945 in New York, New York (USA)

Nation of Origin: United States

Major Works:
Broadway Musicals:
Showboat (1927)

• Can't Help Lovin' dat Man of Mine
• Ol' Man River

• Smoke Gets in your Eyes

• A Fine Romance
• All The Things You Are
• Dearly Beloved
• The Last Time I Saw Paris

Other Information:

General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186

Links to essays at other sites:

Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman

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Joel Bernstein's essay on Kern

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