Herbert Kretzmer, OBE (5 October 1925 – 14 October 2020) was an English journalist and lyricist. He was best known as the lyricist for the English-language musical adaptation of Les Misérables and for his long-time collaboration writing the English-language lyrics to the songs of French songwriter Charles Aznavour.
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Charles Aznavour
Armenian-French singer and diplomat
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Michael Ball
English singer and actor
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Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932-2019)
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Don Black
English lyricist
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Martin Charnin
American lyricist, writer, and theatre director
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Pierre Delanoë
French songwriter, author (1918-2006)
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Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
English composer and impresario of musical theatre (born 1948)
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Ervin Drake
American songwriter (1919-2015)
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Richard Adler
American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
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Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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Otto Harbach
American lyricist (1873-1983)
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Lea Salonga
Filipina singer
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Leslie Bricusse
English composer, lyricist and playwright, most prominently working in musicals and also cinema theme music (born 1931)
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Harry B. Smith
U.S. writer, lyricist and composer
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Tokiko Iwatani
Japanese lyricist, linguist and translator
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Alan Menken
American composer
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Tim Rice
English lyricist and author
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Robert Hunter
American musician
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Al Dubin
Swiss-American lyricist (1891-1945)
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Eric Maschwitz
English entertainer, writer, editor, broadcaster and broadcasting executive
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Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
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Robert Wright
American composer and lyricist
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Frances Ruffelle
English theatre actress and singer
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John Kander
American musical theatre composer
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Bob Merrill
American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter
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George Forrest
American writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre
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Adrian Ross
British lyricist, playwright, and fiction writer
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Matt Lucas
English actor, comedian and screenwriter