Neil Brand

Sound of Musicals: 1. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’

00:03:30 West End at 1900: G&S + new genre of musical comedy (Florodora) 00:06:30 Jerome Kern as musical showdoctor 00:10:40 George Gershwin learning from Kern 00:18:30 Rodgers and Hart 00:20:00 Stephen Schwartz on Rodgers and Hart 00:25:00 On Hammerstein writing the words first, and less self-conscious style 00:33:00 First complete cast recording