Dearest Enemy An American Musical Comedy CD

New Studio version, recorded in Dublin 2013.The composer perhaps most influenced by strongVictor Herbert/strong andstrong Jerome Kern/strong was Richard Rodgers/strong (1902â1979), who acknowledged his affection for Kern's shows with Bolton and strongWodehouse/strong. His score for emstrongDearest Enemy/strong/em, his first Broadway success, is clearly influenced by Kern's graceful way with a good melody.Dearest Enemy/strong, written with lyricist Lorenz Hart/strong (1895â1943) and book writer Herbert Fields/strong (1897â1958) opened on September 18, 1925. It displays the young composer's synthesis of strongVictor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, Sigmund Romberg and other writers of the day. Rodgers' work withstrong Lorenz Hart/strong covered a wide range, from the sophisticated innocence of emstrongBabes in Arms/strong/em (1937) to adaptations of strongMark Twain, Shakespeare/strong and the sleazy showbiz world of strongJohn O'Hara's emPal Joey/em/strong (1940). emstrongDearest Enemy/strong/em is a romantic score by the composer who would write emstrongCarousel/strong/em twenty years later and shows how the third generation of composers for Broadway helped to make the transition from operetta to musical theater.