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Charles Strouse

American composer and lyricist

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Martin Charnin

American lyricist, writer, and theatre director

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Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer

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Don Black

English lyricist

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Richard Adler

American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows

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Betty Comden

American librettist, songwriter, actress

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Harvey Schmidt

American composer for musical theatre and illustrator

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John Kander

American musical theatre composer

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Alan Menken

American composer

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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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Elliot Lawrence

American musician

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Adolph Green

American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)

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Herbert Kretzmer

English journalist and lyricist

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Bob Merrill

American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter

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Oscar Hammerstein II

American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals

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Yip Harburg

American lyricist

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Otto Harbach

American lyricist (1873-1983)

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Mitch Leigh

American composer

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Billy Rose

American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist

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Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals

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Lew Brown

Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter

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Marvin Hamlisch

American composer and conductor (1944-2012)

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Al Dubin

Swiss-American lyricist (1891-1945)