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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = John Kander| image =| caption =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = John Harold Kander| Born = Birth date|1927|03|18 Kansas City, Missouri , United States|U.S. | occupation = Composer | instrument = Piano | genre = Musical theatre , film , television | years_active = 1957–present| associated_acts = Kander and Ebb John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927) is the United States|American composer of a number of musical theatre|musicals as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb .
Life and career
Kander was born in Kansas City, Missouri , the son of Bernice (née Aaron) and Harold S. Kander. http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/John-Kander.html Kander biography filmreference.com, accessed February 16, 2009 Kander attended The Pembroke Hill School|The Pembroke Country-Day School and Oberlin College before earning a Master's degree at Columbia University where he was a protégé of Douglas Moore and studied composition with Jack Beeson . http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx? id=6357 John Kander in conversation with Frank J. Oteri, April 7, 2010 NewMusicBox
Kander began his Broadway career as substitute rehearsal pianist for West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story . The stage manager for West Side Story then asked Kander to play the auditions for her next show, Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy . During the auditions, Kander met the choreographer, Jerome Robbins , who suggested that Kander compose the dance music for the show in 1959. After that experience, he wrote dance arrangements for Irma la Douce in 1960.
His first produced musical was A Family Affair (musical)|A Family Affair , written with James Goldman|James and William Goldman . He met lyricist Fred Ebb in 1962 and began a songwriting collaboration that would last for more than four decades. Later that year rising star Barbra Streisand recorded two of the duo's songs, "My Coloring Book" and "I Don't Care Much." In 1965, Kander and Ebb landed their first show on Broadway, Flora the Red Menace , produced by Hal Prince , directed by George Abbott , and with book by George Abbott and Robert Russell ,Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011 in which Liza Minnelli made her initial Broadway appearance. Kander and Ebb have since been associated with writing material for both Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera , and have produced special material for their appearances live and on television.
The musicals Cabaret (film)|Cabaret and Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago have been made into films; the film version of Chicago won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture .
Kander, along with Ebb, also wrote songs for Thornton Wilder 's The Skin of Our Teeth , and it was set to premiere in London, but the rights were pulled by Wilder's nephew. He also says that Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (writer)|Tom Jones , the writers of The Fantasticks , wrote a musical of Wilder's Our Town and it took them thirteen years to write, only to have the rights pulled as well by the nephew.Cerasaro, Pat. http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_John_Kander_20101102_page2 "InDepth InterView: John Kander" broadwayworld.com, November 2, 2010
John Kander work
Lyrics by Fred Ebb unless otherwise noted ;Stage musicals
A Family Affair (musical)|A Family Affair (1962) - lyrics by William Goldman
Flora the Red Menace (1965)
Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret (1966)
Go Fly a Kite (1966) - music and lyrics also by Walter Marks (composer)|Walter Marks
The Happy Time (1968)
Zorba (musical)|Zorba (1968)
70, Girls, 70 (1971)
Chicago (musical)|Chicago (1976)
The Act (musical)|The Act (1978)
Woman of the Year (musical)|Woman of the Year (1981)
The Rink (musical)|The Rink (1984)
Diamonds (musical)|Diamonds (1984) - two songs: Winter In New York and Diamonds Are Forever
'' And The World Goes 'Round (1991)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992)
Steel Pier (musical)|Steel Pier (1997)
Fosse (1999)
Over and Over (1999) - working title: The Skin Of Our Teeth
The Visit (musical)|The Visit (2001)
Curtains (musical)|Curtains (2006) - additional lyrics by Rupert Holmes
All About Us (musical)|All About Us (2007 revision of Over and Over )
The Scottsboro Boys (musical)|The Scottsboro Boys (2010)
;Film The duo also contributed songs for the following movies:
Cabaret (film)|Cabaret (1972) - 3 songs
Funny Lady (1975) - 6 songs
Lucky Lady (1976) - 2 songs
A Matter of Time (1976 film)|A Matter of Time , aka Nina (1976) - 2 songs
New York, New York (film)|New York, New York (1977) - 4 songs
French Postcards (1979) - 1 song
Stepping Out (1991 film)|Stepping Out (1991) - 1 song
Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago (2002) - 1 song
;Film scores
Something for Everyone (1970 film)|Something for Everyone (1970)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Still of the Night (film)|Still of the Night (1982)
Liza Minnelli, Live From Radio City Music Hall (1992)
Awards
Tony Award (1967, for Cabaret )
Tony Award (1981, for Woman Of The year )
Tony Award (1993, for Kiss Of The Spiderwoman )
Laurence Olivier Award (1998, for the London production of Chicago )
Emmy Award (1973, for Liza With A Z )
Emmy Award (1993, for Liza Minnelli Live& #33; From Radio City Music Hall )
Grammy Award (1967, for Cabaret , Original Cast Album)
Grammy Award (1998, for Chicago , Musical Show Album)
The team also received numerous nominations, which include five more Tony Awards, two Academy Awards , and four Golden Globe Awards .
In 1998, Kander and Ebb received the Kennedy Center Honors award for Lifetime Achievement. http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors/history.cfm List of Honorees kennedy-center.org, retrieved November 24, 2010
Kennedy Center Honorees 1990sTonyAward MusicalScore 1947–1975TonyAward MusicalScore 1976–2000 Persondata | NAME = Kander, John | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = March 18, 1927 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Kander, John Category:1927 births Category:Living people Category:People from Kansas City, Missouri Category:American musical theatre composers Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Kennedy Center honorees Category:Oberlin College alumni Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Category:LGBT musicians from the United States Category:LGBT composers
