{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Moose Charlap | birth_name = Morris Isaac Charlip | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|12|19}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|7|8|1928|12|19}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | known_for = ''Peter Pan'' (1954) | spouse = Sandy Stewart | relatives = Bill Charlap (son) | other_names = Moose Charlap }} '''Morris Isaac''' "'''Moose'''" '''Charlap''' ({{Ne|Charlip}}; December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for ''Peter Pan'' (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics.<ref>Photograph of Morris "Moose" Charlap</ref> The idea for the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a few songs by Charlap and Leigh.<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/composer-moose-charlap-and-lyricist-carolyn-leigh-during-a-news-photo-512975289 Photograph of Moose Charlap and Carolyn Leigh at work on ''Peter Pan'']</ref> It evolved into a full musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The original run of ''Peter Pan'' on Broadway starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook.

==Career== Charlap was also the composer for the 1969 television movie musical ''Hans Brinker,'' which had lyrics by Alvin Cooperman and starred Eleanor Parker (her singing voice was her own), Richard Basehart, John Gregson, Robin Askwith, Roberta Tovey, Sheila Whitmill, and Cyril Ritchard. It was based on the novel by Mary Mapes Dodge.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19691122&id=p85KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4585,5181894&hl=en "Moose Charlap Writes 9 'Hans Brinker' Songs" (''Schenectady Gazette TV Section'', November 22, 1969, p.14)]</ref> Charlap also wrote the song "First Impression" with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. The song was dropped from the original 1954 production of ''Peter Pan'' but was recorded by Eydie Gorme in 1956. Other songs Charlap wrote that were not included in musicals include "English Muffins and Irish Stew," "Mademoiselle," "Great Day in the Morning," "My Favorite Song," and "Young Ideas." Ella Fitzgerald recorded his "My Favorite Song" for Decca Records with an orchestra directed by Leroy Kirkland. Charlap was also a recording artist and had a single, "Good Old Fashioned Lovin'/It Was My Father's Habit," released on ABC in 1956.

==Family== Born '''Morris Isaac Charlip''' to a Jewish family in Philadelphia,<ref name="TampaFed">{{Cite web |title=Jews in the News: Mike Nichols, Yael Grobglas and Dominic Fumusa {{!}} Tampa JCCs and Federation |url=https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-mike-nichols-dominic-fumusa-and |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=www.jewishtampa.com |language=en-US}}</ref> he married singer Sandy Stewart, whose biggest hit was "My Coloring Book" in 1962.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19630303&id=d0IqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7E4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3714,1194395&hl=en Crosby, Joan {''TV Graphic''}. "She Sang Too Well" (''The Pittsburgh Press TV Graphic'', March 3, 1963, Page 3)]</ref> Jazz pianist Bill Charlap is their son. They also had a daughter, Katherine. He and his first wife, Elizabeth, were the parents of a daughter, Anne, and son, Tom, a bass player.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/31/nyregion/the-comeback-of-sandy-stewart.html Klein, Alvin. "The Comeback of Sandy Stewart" (''The New York Times'', July 31, 1994)]</ref>

Charlap, who lived with his wife and children on Manhattan's East Side, died at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1974 at the age of 45.<ref>[http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/07/10/79582219.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=40 "Morris I. Charlap, Composer, 45, Dies" (''The New York Times'', July 10, 1974, p.40)]</ref>

==Musicals== * ''Peter Pan'' (1954, revivals in 1979, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999) * ''Whoop-Up'' (1958) * ''The Conquering Hero'' (1961) * ''Through the Looking Glass'' (1966) – television musical<ref>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/music/alice-looking-glass-1966-television-soundtrack/ ''Alice Through the Looking Glass'' at ''Masterworks Broadway'']</ref> * ''Kelly'' (1965) * ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' (musical revue; 1989), featured as songwriter for "Peter Pan" * ''Clown Around'' (1972)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0152943|Moose Charlap}} * {{IBDB name|11511|Mark Charlap}} * {{Playbill person|mark-charlap-vault-0000017556|Mark Charlap}}

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