What is the nationality of the librettist of A Bayou Legend?
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A Bayou Legend A Bayou Legend is an American opera composed by William Grant Still, with a libretto by his wife and frequent collaborator, Verna Arvey.
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Verna Arvey Verna Arvey (February 16, 1910 – November 22, 1987) was an American librettist, pianist and writer who is best known for her musical collaborations with her husband William Grant Still, a musician and composer.
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Django Reinhardt Jean "Django" Reinhardt (] or ] ; 23January 1910 – 16May 1953) was a Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant by far.
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Charles Strouse Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to the musicals "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Annie", amongst others.
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Fred Alley Fred Alley (1962–2001) was an American musical theatre lyricist and librettist who died unexpectedly just as his work gained national recognition. His collaboration on the musical "The Spitfire Grill" with composer James Valcq won the American Academy of Arts and Letters' prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for 2001. Premiered at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey and produced Off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, it received Best Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk nominations. The cast album was released on Triangle Road Records.
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Basil Hood Basil Willett Charles Hood (5 April 1864 – 7 August 1917) was a British dramatist and lyricist, perhaps best known for writing the libretti of half a dozen Savoy Operas and for his English adaptations of operettas, including "The Merry Widow".
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Dumanoir Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865) was a French playwright and librettist.
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Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou (5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as "La Tosca" (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" (1900) is based, and "Fedora" by Umberto Giordano, a work that popularized the fedora hat as well.
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Willie Tee Wilson Turbinton, (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007) professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New Orleans for more than four decades.
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A Drum Is a Woman A Drum Is a Woman is a musical allegory by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and his long-time musical collaborator Billy Strayhorn. It tells the story of Madam Zajj, the personification of African rhythm, and Carribee Joe, who has his roots firmly in the jungle with his drums. Zajj travels out into the world seeking fame and sophistication and melds with the influences of cultures she weaves through the story, which gives a brief history of the rise of Jazz and Bebop.
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Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.
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Brian Helgeland Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for "L.A. Confidential" (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), "Mystic River", and "". Helgeland also wrote and directed "42" (2013), a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and "Legend" (2015), about the rise and fall of the Kray twins.
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Jim Jacobs Jim Jacobs (born October 7, 1942) is an American composer, lyricist, and writer for the theatre. He is best remembered for writing the book, lyrics, and music, with Warren Casey, for the stage musical "Grease".
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Louis Coerne Louis Adolphe Coerne (February 27, 1870 – September 11, 1922) was an American composer and music educator.
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Shelton Brooks Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886September 6, 1975) was an African American, Canadian born composer of popular music and jazz, who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.
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Lanny Meyers Lanny Meyers is an American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director. He has composed the ballet "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Oklahoma City
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Joe Darion Joe Darion, (30 January 1917 - 6 June 2001) was an American musical theatre lyricist, most famous for "Man of La Mancha."
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Tommy McLain Tommy McLain (born 15 March 1940, in Jonesville, Louisiana) is an American swamp pop musician, best known as a singer but who also plays keyboards, drums, bass guitar, and fiddle.
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Rosie Ledet Rosie Ledet (born October 25, 1971, Mary Roszela Bellard in Church Point, Louisiana, USA) is an American Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer.
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Otis René Otis René (b. Otis J. René, Jr., October 2, 1898, in New Orleans; d. April 5, 1970, in Los Angeles) was an American songwriter and record label owner. As a songwriter, he is notable as the co-author of "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", which became a signature song for Louis Armstrong.
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Mystic Legend Mystic Legend is a classical composition originally for string instruments composed by Anne McGinty. It depicts an ancient myth via music.
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Camille Lou Camille Houssière, better known as Camille Lou or, formally, as Jimmie, is a French singer, musician, and actress born on 22 May in Bersillies, Nord, France. She is well known for her roles in musical comedies, including "1789, les amants de la Bastille" in the role of Olympe, and "La Légende du roi Arthur" in the role of Reine Guenièvre.