Frederick Loewe

Frederick Loewe

Music DepartmentComposerActor
Born
June 10, 1901
Died
February 14, 1988
Awards
6 wins, 10 nominations

Frederick Loewe's parents were Austrian; he studied music with Ferruccio Busoni, Eugene D'Albert and N. Reznicek and he was awarded the Hollander Medal in Berlin. He came to the US in 1924 and joined ASCAP in 1941; in 1942, he gave a piano recital at Carnegie Hall. His chief musical collaborator was…

Biography

Frederick Loewe's parents were Austrian; he studied music with Ferruccio Busoni, Eugene D'Albert and N. Reznicek and he was awarded the Hollander Medal in Berlin. He came to the US in 1924 and joined ASCAP in 1941; in 1942, he gave a piano recital at Carnegie Hall. His chief musical collaborator was Alan Jay Lerner, and his popular-song compositions include "On the Street Where You Live", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "The Rain in Spain", "With a Little Bit of Luck", "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", "Get Me to the Church on Time", "Gigi" (Academy Award, 1958), "The Night They Invented Champagne", "I Remember It Well", "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore", "If Ever I Should Leave You", "Camelot", "How to Handle a Woman", "Follow Me", "A Waltz Was Born in Vienna", "A Jug of Wine", "The Heather on the Hill", "Almost Like Being in Love", "There but For You Go I", "Come to Me, Bend to Me", "I Talk to the Trees", "They Call the Wind Maria", "Another Autumn", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?", and "I Still See Elisa".

Archive Footage

Royal Wedding: June, Judy and JaneRoyal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane(2007)as Self
The Ed Sullivan ShowThe Ed Sullivan Show(1948)as Self

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