美国名人 作曲家 理查德·查理斯·罗杰斯.docx

美国名人作曲家理查德查理斯罗杰斯RichardRodgersWroteMusicalPlaysThatOftenDealtwithSocialIssuesplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:15repeatByNancySteinbach2006-10-21VOICEONE:mMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndmShirleyGriffithwiththeVOASpecialEnglishProgram,PeopleinAmerica.(MUSIC:"VictoryatSea")VOICEONE:Thatismusicfromthetelevisionshow"VictoryAtSea"writteninnineteenfifty-two.Themanwhocomposedthatbeautifulmusicisknownmainlyasawriterofshowsongs.Hewrotemorethanonethousandsongsthathelpedtellstoriesintheaters,ontelevisionandinthemovies.Hismusichasbeenheardinmorethantwohundredmoviesandtwothousandtelevisionshows.SomeexpertssayhismusiccreatedmorehappinessthanthatofanyotherAmericanpopularcomposer.HisnamewasRichardRodgers.Today,wetellhisstory.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardCharlesRodgerswasborninNewYorkCityonJunetwenty-eighth,nineteen-oh-two.Bothhisparentsenjoyedsingingandplayingthepiano.Hisgrandparentslovedoperaandtooktheirgrandsontomanyproductions.RichardattendedmanyBroadwayshowsasachild.RichardRodgersbeganplayingthepianobytheageofthree.Attheageoffifteen,hedecidedthathewouldworkinthemusicaltheater.Thatsameyear,hewrotethemusicforastageshowpresentedbyalocalgroupofyoungpeople.Then,hewrotemusicforaproductionbystudentsatColumbiaUniversity.OtherfutureshowbusinessleaderswerealsoinvolvedintheColumbiaproductions.TwoofthesemenwouldbeveryimportantinRichardRodgers'life-OscarHammersteinandLorenzHart.VOICEONE:RichardRodgersandLorenzHartworkedasasongwritingteamformorethantwentyyears.Theirfirsthitsongwasinthemusical"TheGarrickGaities"producedinnineteentwenty-five.Thesongisstillperformedtoday.HereisMickeyRooneysinging"Manhattan."(MUSIC)Rodgerswrotethemusicfirst,thenHartputwordstothemusic.Theyalsowrotesongsforthemovies.Oneoftheirmostwidelyknownsongscomesfromamoviez"BlueMoon."Manysingershaverecordeditsinceitwaswritteninnineteenthirty-four.ItwasevenarockandrollhitfortheMarcelsinthenineteensixties.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardRodgersandLorenzHartstoppedworkingtogetherintheearlynineteenforties.Hartwasanunhappyman.Hewasinpoorhealthasaresultofaseriousdrinkingproblem.ItwasincreasinglydifficultforRodgerstoworkwithhim.RichardRodgersturnedtoanotheroldfriendOscarHammerstein.RodgersandHammersteinworkeddifferentlythandidRodgersandHart.OscarHammersteinwouldwritethewordsandgivethemtoRodgers.Rodgersthenwouldwritemusictogowiththewords.Theirfirstshowtogetherwasthehistoric"Oklahoma!"Itopenedinnineteenforty-three.CriticshavecalleditarevolutioninAmericantheater.RodgersandHammersteinwerepraisedforwritingsongsthatdevelopedtheshowandhelpedtellthestory."Oklahoma!"stillisperformedonBroadwayandinothertheatersaroundtheworld.HereisthefamoustitlesongfromthefirstBroadwayproduction.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:RodgersandHammersteinwrotethesongsforninemusicalplays,including"TheKingAndl*"FlowerDrumSong,"and"TheSoundofMusic."Theirmusicalplayswerealsomadeasmovies.Theirsongsexpressedloveandpainandtoldaboutsocialproblems.Oneexampleisthissongfromthemusical"SouthPacific"thatopenedinnineteenforty-nine.Oneofthemeninthemusicalisinlovewithawomanofadifferentrace.Hesingsasongexpressingtheconflictbetweenhisracialfeelingsandhislove.Thesongiscalled"You'veGottobeCarefullyTaught."ListentoWilliamTabbertwhosangitfirstonBroadway.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardRodgerswroteboththewordsandthemusicforBroadwayshowsfollowingOscarHammerstein'sdeathinnineteensixty.Criticssaythebestoftheseis"NoStrings".Itexploredaromancebetweenablackwomanandawhiteman.Themainsongis"TheSweetestSounds."RichardKileyandDiahannCarrollsangitonBroadway.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:RichardRodgersandhiswifeDorothyhadtwodaughtersandsixgrandchildren.Onedaughterandtwograndsonsalsowritemusic.RichardRogersdiedinnineteenseventy-nine.Hewasseventy-sevenyearsold.Bookswrittenabouthislifedescribehimasacoldmanwhowasoftendepressed.Familymemberssayhewasonlyabletoexpresshimselfthroughmusic.RichardRodgersoncesaidtheshowhelikedthebestwas"Carousel/'thesecondmusicalhewrotewithOscarHammerstein.Itisasadstoryaboutayounggirlwhomarriesathief.Oneofthesongsintheshownowisconsideredtohaveareligiousinfluence.Hereisthesong,"You'llNeverWalkAlone".(MUSIC)VOICETWO:MusicexpertssaythataRichardRodgersshowisalwaysplayingsomewhereintheworld-onBroadway,intheatersindifferentcountries,inlocalschoolproductions.AndpeopleallovertheworldstillenjoythemovieslinkedtoRichardRodgers.Movieswithwonderfulmusicsuchas"StateFair","SouthPacific","PalJoey","TheSoundofMusic","Oklahoma"and"Carousel".(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisVOASpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyNancySteinbachandproducedbyCatyWeaver.mMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndmShirleyGriffith.JoinusagainnextweekforanotherPEOPLEINAMERICAprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.(MUSIC:"CarouselWaltz")