Richard Lewine

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'''Richard Lewine''' (July 28, 1910 – May 19, 2005) was an American composer and songwriter on Broadway as well as television producer.

==Biography==

===Career=== Born in New York City, Lewine attended Columbia College before beginning his career as a composer and songwriter. In 1934, he wrote songs for the Broadway revue ''Fools Rush In''. During World War II, Lewine served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/arts/television/26lewine.html|title=Richard Lewine, a Television Producer Who Also Wrote Music for Broadway, Dies at 94 |last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|date=2005-05-26|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93108.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131164859/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93108.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-31|title=Richard Lewine, a Broadway Composer Who Produced R&H's "Cinderella" for TV, Dead at 94|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=2005-05-23|publisher=playbill.com|accessdate=2009-01-30}}</ref> After the war, he wrote the music for the revue "Make Mine Manhattan" (1948). In the 1950s and 1960s, Lewine produced musicals for television including ''Cinderella'' starring Julie Andrews and ''Aladdin'' featuring music by Cole Porter. In 1963, he composed the music for the ABC television series ''Hootenanny''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office. |url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3175libr |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 5: Music Jul-Dec 1963: Vol 17 No 2 |date=1963 |publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off. |others=United States Copyright Office |language=English}}</ref> Lewine also produced the Young People's Concerts telecasts on CBS and, in 1965, won an Emmy Award for producing the television special ''My Name Is Barbra'' starring Barbra Streisand. After fellow composer Richard Rodgers' death in 1979, Lewine was the managing director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-25-me-lewine25-story.html|title=Richard Lewine, 94; Producer Blended Broadway, TV|last=Mary |first=Rourke|date=2005-05-25|newspaper=The L.A. Times|access-date=2009-01-30}}</ref>

===Personal life and death=== Lewine was married twice; he married first wife Mary Haas in 1945 with whom he had two children, Cornelia and Peter. After Haas' death in 1968, Lewine married Elizabeth Rivers.<ref name=latimes />

On May 19, 2005, Lewine died of natural causes at his home in Manhattan.<ref name=latimes />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IBDB name}} * {{IMDb name|id=0506851|name=Richard Lewine}} *[http://archives.nypl.org/the/21806 Richard Lewine papers, 1897-2004 (bulk 1925-1984)], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts * [http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/12/19/lost-musicals-make-mine-manhattan New York Public Library Blog on Richard Lewine's Make Mine Manhattan]

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