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1、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:Thatismusicfromthetelevisionsh
2、owVictoryAtSeawritteninnineteenfifty-two.Themanwhocomposedthatbeautifulmusicisknownmainlyasawriterofshowsongs.Hewrotemorethanonethousandsongsthathelpedtellstoriesintheaters,ontelevisionandinthemovies.Hismusichasbeenheardinmorethantwohundredmoviesandtwothousandtelevisionshows.Someexpertssayhismusiccr
3、eatedmorehappinessthanthatofanyotherAmericanpopularcomposer.HisnamewasRichardRodgers.Today,wetellhisstory.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardCharlesRodgerswasborninNewYorkCityonJunetwenty-eighth,nineteen-oh-two.Bothhisparentsenjoyedsingingandplayingthepiano.Hisgrandparentslovedoperaandtooktheirgrandsontomanypro
4、ductions.RichardattendedmanyBroadwayshowsasachild.RichardRodgersbeganplayingthepianobytheageofthree.Attheageoffifteen,hedecidedthathewouldworkinthemusicaltheater.Thatsameyear,hewrotethemusicforastageshowpresentedbyalocalgroupofyoungpeople.Then,hewrotemusicforaproductionbystudentsatColumbiaUniversity
5、.OtherfutureshowbusinessleaderswerealsoinvolvedintheColumbiaproductions.TwoofthesemenwouldbeveryimportantinRichardRodgerslife-OscarHammersteinandLorenzHart.VOICEONE:RichardRodgersandLorenzHartworkedasasongwritingteamformorethantwentyyears.TheirfirsthitsongwasinthemusicalTheGarrickGaitiesproducedinni
6、neteentwenty-five.Thesongisstillperformedtoday.HereisMickeyRooneysingingManhattan.(MUSIC)Rodgerswrotethemusicfirst,thenHartputwordstothemusic.Theyalsowrotesongsforthemovies.OneoftheirmostwidelyknownsongscomesfromamoviezBlueMoon.Manysingershaverecordeditsinceitwaswritteninnineteenthirty-four.Itwaseve
7、narockandrollhitfortheMarcelsinthenineteensixties.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardRodgersandLorenzHartstoppedworkingtogetherintheearlynineteenforties.Hartwasanunhappyman.Hewasinpoorhealthasaresultofaseriousdrinkingproblem.ItwasincreasinglydifficultforRodgerstoworkwithhim.RichardRodgersturnedtoanotheroldfrien
8、dOscarHammerstein.RodgersandHammersteinworkeddifferentlythandidRodgersandHart.OscarHammersteinwouldwritethewordsandgivethemtoRodgers.Rodgersthenwouldwritemusictogowiththewords.TheirfirstshowtogetherwasthehistoricOklahoma!Itopenedinnineteenforty-three.CriticshavecalleditarevolutioninAmericantheater.R
9、odgersandHammersteinwerepraisedforwritingsongsthatdevelopedtheshowandhelpedtellthestory.Oklahoma!stillisperformedonBroadwayandinothertheatersaroundtheworld.HereisthefamoustitlesongfromthefirstBroadwayproduction.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:RodgersandHammersteinwrotethesongsforninemusicalplays,includingTheKingAnd
10、l*FlowerDrumSong,andTheSoundofMusic.Theirmusicalplayswerealsomadeasmovies.Theirsongsexpressedloveandpainandtoldaboutsocialproblems.OneexampleisthissongfromthemusicalSouthPacificthatopenedinnineteenforty-nine.Oneofthemeninthemusicalisinlovewithawomanofadifferentrace.Hesingsasongexpressingtheconflictb
11、etweenhisracialfeelingsandhislove.ThesongiscalledYouveGottobeCarefullyTaught.ListentoWilliamTabbertwhosangitfirstonBroadway.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RichardRodgerswroteboththewordsandthemusicforBroadwayshowsfollowingOscarHammersteinsdeathinnineteensixty.CriticssaythebestoftheseisNoStrings.Itexploredaromanceb
12、etweenablackwomanandawhiteman.ThemainsongisTheSweetestSounds.RichardKileyandDiahannCarrollsangitonBroadway.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:RichardRodgersandhiswifeDorothyhadtwodaughtersandsixgrandchildren.Onedaughterandtwograndsonsalsowritemusic.RichardRogersdiedinnineteenseventy-nine.Hewasseventy-sevenyearsold.Boo
13、kswrittenabouthislifedescribehimasacoldmanwhowasoftendepressed.Familymemberssayhewasonlyabletoexpresshimselfthroughmusic.RichardRodgersoncesaidtheshowhelikedthebestwasCarousel/thesecondmusicalhewrotewithOscarHammerstein.Itisasadstoryaboutayounggirlwhomarriesathief.Oneofthesongsintheshownowisconsider
14、edtohaveareligiousinfluence.Hereisthesong,YoullNeverWalkAlone.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:MusicexpertssaythataRichardRodgersshowisalwaysplayingsomewhereintheworld-onBroadway,intheatersindifferentcountries,inlocalschoolproductions.AndpeopleallovertheworldstillenjoythemovieslinkedtoRichardRodgers.Movieswithwonder
15、fulmusicsuchasStateFair,SouthPacific,PalJoey,TheSoundofMusic,OklahomaandCarousel.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisVOASpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyNancySteinbachandproducedbyCatyWeaver.mMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndmShirleyGriffith.JoinusagainnextweekforanotherPEOPLEINAMERICAprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.(MUSIC:CarouselWaltz)
