2007-09-28 01:37:37 · 4 answers · asked by Rahul 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Jerom Kern.
2007-09-29 00:16:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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"Ol' Man River" (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat that tells the story of African American hardship and struggles of the time. It is the most famous song in the show. It is sung complete once, by Joe, a dock worker who travels with the boat, and reappears three times more in brief reprises.
It is sung first by Joe and a male chorus, and reprised by Joe and full chorus in the final scene, but twice reprised by him as a solo. He serves as a sort of musical Greek chorus, and the song, when reprised, comments on the action, as if saying "This has happened, but the river keeps rolling on anyway".
2007-09-28 01:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by Robert S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Langston Hughes
2007-09-28 01:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
2007-09-28 01:47:55 · answer #4 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋