Getting to know you! – Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites

Contained within this lovely book are classic songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, famed partners on Broadway, who wrote nearly a dozen classic musicals including THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE KING AND I, and OKLAHOMA! Their collaboration is legendary, and they produced a collection of songs that have become beloved favorites for generations of music lovers. Although songs reflect their personal philosophy and artistic vision aptly: they were devoted to celebrating good things, positive ideas, and good hearted people. Those values resonate in today’s world as truly as they did in the years when Rodgers and Hammerstein were writing their songs. It is for this reason that they become each new generation’s classic favorites.

Contents:

• Oh, what a beautiful mornin’
• I whistle a happy tune
• The farmer and the cowman
• Happy Talk
• Getting to know you
• The surrey with the fringe on top
• Dites-Moi (Tell me why)
• I’m gonna wash that man right outta my hair
• Oklahoma
• Shall we dance?
• Bali Ha’i
• If I loved you
• Some enchanted evening