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Hammerstein, Oscar
     
Hammerstein, Oscar
(1895-1960) a US songwriter, who worked for many years with the composer Richard Rodgers to produce many famous musicals (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story), such as Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music
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