Rodgers

Definition: Rodgers

Rodgers

Noun

1. United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979).

Date "Rodgers" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Specialty Definition: Richard Rodgers

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He received countless awards including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals.
Born in New York City on June 18, 1902, Rodgers studied at Columbia University where he met the lyricist, Lorenz Hart. In the 1920s and 1930s, Rodgers & Hart produced numerous successful musical comedies, including: The Garrick Gaieties (1925-26), Dearest Enemy (1925), A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), Babes in Arms (1937), I'd Rather Be Right (1937), I Married an Angel (1938), The Boys From Syracuse (1938), Too Many Girls (1939), Higher and Higher (1940), and Pal Joey (1940). Their partnership came to an end with the death of Lorenz Hart in 1943.
Rodgers, who had anticipated the end of the partnership, then began working with Oscar Hammerstein II, already a successful lyricist who had worked with Jerome Kern and others. Their first musical, Oklahoma (1943), was ground-breaking, and marked the beginning of the most successful partnership in Broadway musical history. This was followed by Carousel (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). The Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals earned a total of 34 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards and 2 Emmy Awards.
After Hammerstein's death in 1960, Rodgers continued to write music for Broadway. His solo career includes the music for No Strings (1962), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965), Two By Two (1970), Rex (1976) and I Remember Mama (1979). For the film version of The Sound of Music, he solo-wrote two songs that had not appeared in the stage show.
Richard Rodgers died at his home in New York City on December 30, 1979 at the age of 77. In 1990 he was honored posthumously when the 46th Street Theatre was renamed The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Rodgers was an abrasive personality, not universally popular. Stephen Sondheim, who had worked separately with both Rodgers and Hammerstein, described Hammerstein as "a man of limited ability and infinite soul" and Rodgers as "a man of infinite ability and limited soul".
Rodgers' daughter, Mary, became a musical theater composer and an author of children's books: her son (Richard Rodgers' grandson), Adam Guettel, is a musical theater composer.

External links

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
The Richard Rodgers Collection at the Library of Congress
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Richard Rodgers."

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Synonym: Rodgers

Synonym: Richard Rodgers (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Rodgers

English words defined with "Rodgers": Hammerstein, Hart ♦ Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart ♦ Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Rodgers": Cat's Paw. (references)

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Modern Usage: Rodgers

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Jimmie Rodgers Show (1959) General Foods Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954) The Gallantry of Jimmy Rodgers (1915) Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996)
Song Titles	"The Wreck of The "John B" (performing artist: Jimmie Rodgers) Just a Closer Walk With Thee (performing artist: Jimmie Rodgers)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Rodgers

Domain	Title
Books	Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits (reference) Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight (reference) Getting to Know You!: Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites (reference) The First Flight Across the United States: The Story of Calbraith Perry Rodgers and His Airplane, the Vin Fiz (First Books) (reference) Rodgers and Hammerstein Present a Musical Play Pipe Dream (Vocal Score) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (reference) The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (reference) Richard Rodgers - The Sweetest Sounds (reference) The Lawrence Welk Show - Marvelous Music of Richard Rodgers (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Roy Rodgers Meets Albert Einstein (reference) Rodgers & Hammerstein's Classic Musicals: Oklahoma! / The King and I / Carousel (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks) [BOX SET] [CAST RECORDING] (reference) Mozart - Così fan tutte / Cuberli · Bartoli · Rodgers · Streit · Furlanetto · Tomlinson · Berlin Phil. · RIAS · Barenboim (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Rodgers

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Photo Album: Rodgers

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Wiredrag boat RODGERS Wiredrag party of Otis Swainson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		John Rodgers Served over three years with Coast Survey in early 1850's Commanded North Pacific exploring expedition. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Steam whaling-bark Mary & Helen, of New Bedford, Massachusetts Afterwards the Rodgers of the Jeanette search expedition Drawing by C. S. Raleigh. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.		Launch RODGERS - named for Coast Survey Assistant Augustus Rodgers, brother of Civil War hero Admiral John Rodgers. Vessel is outfitted for current observations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships MITCHELL and RODGERS conducting wire drag in the Virgin Islands. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Participating in amphibious exercises off Arzew, Algeria, as flagship of RADM B. J. Rodgers, 10-11 June 1944. Photographed from USS Catoctin (AGC-5). Credit: NAVY.
	Operating in the South China, March 1965. It had recently launched strikes against North Vietnam. Carriers present are (clockwise from bottom): Ranger (CVA-61), Yorktown (CVS-10), Coral Sea (CVA-43) and Hancock (CVA-19). The guided missile cruiser Canberra (CAG-2) is in the center of the formation. The destroyer screen includes: England (DLG-22), Gurke (DD-783), Rodgers (DD-876), Walker (DD-517), O'Bannon (DD-450), Somers (DD-947), Jenkins (DD-447), John A. Bole (DD-755), Higbee (DD-806), Buck (DD-761), Joseph Strauss (DDG-16) and Small (DD-838). This photograph was specially posed, and does not represent a normal operating formation. Credit: NAVY.		Rodgers. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Rodgers House, 17 Madison Pl. N.W. [...] Rodgers House in background & corner of Pa. Ave. (front) & Madison Pl. Credit: Library of Congress.		Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rodgers, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Cosmo Sileo, N.Y..
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rodgers

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		For instance, in 1997, Richard Rodgers and Antonio Lamela (British and Spanish architects and their respective architectural firms) joined forces to present a bid for the design of the new airport terminal at Madrid’s Barajas International Airport and were awarded the USD $12.5 million tender. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Rodgers

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Madison	1809-1817	The proceedings of a court of inquiry requested by Captain Rodgers are communicated, together with the correspondence relating to the occurrence, between the Secretary of State and His Britannic Majesty's envoy.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Commodore Rodgers, with a promptitude which did him honor, cheerfully accepted that trust, and has discharged it in the manner anticipated from his skill and patriotism.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Lucius Wright and Jennifer Rodgers are special Americans.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Rodgers

"Rodgers" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rodgers" is used about 129 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	129	28,132

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Rodgers

The following table summarizes the usage of "Rodgers" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Rodgers	Last name	30,000	365
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Rodgers

Expression using "Rodgers": Richard Rodgers. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Rodgers": rodgers-produced.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rodgers

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
white rodgers	152	dave rodgers	18
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rodgers hammerstein	98	jeweler rodgers	16
paul rodgers	91	rodgers organs	16
richard rodgers theater	75	adrian rodgers	15
jimmie rodgers	68	rodgers and hart	15
kenny rodgers	59	neil rodgers	14
mimi rodgers	56	rodgers and hammerstein cinderella	12
white rodgers thermostat	42	rodgers and hammerstein lyrics	12
rodgers t	41	danielle rodgers	12
rodgers richard	39	bert rodgers	11
buck rodgers	38	bill rodgers	11
mr rodgers	35	fred rodgers	11
rodgers video	31	rodgers will	11
mimi nude rodgers	29	william rodgers	11
rodgers hammersteins cinderella	26	att rodgers	10
cable rodgers	25	jim rodgers	10
jimmy rodgers	23	mr rodgers neighborhood	9
roy rodgers	22	hollands rodgers	9
nile rodgers	20	25th buck century in rodgers	9
		johnny rodgers	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Rodgers

Misspellings
	"Rodgers" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hodgers, Odgers, Roders, Rodga, Rodge, rodger, Rodgersia, Rogerus, Roggero, Roygar, Wodgers. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Rodgers

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-o-r-r-s"
	-1 letter: dorser, orders, rogers.
	-2 letters: doers, doges, dorrs, doser, dregs, goers, gored, gores, gorse, ogres, order, redos, resod, roger, rosed, sorer.
	-3 letters: doer, does, doge, dogs, dore, dorr, dors, dose, dreg, egos, ergo, ergs, eros, errs, geds, gods, goer, goes, gore, odes, ogre, ores, redo, reds, regs, rode, rods, roes, rose, sego, sord, sore.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-o-r-r-s"
	+2 letters: dragropes, drugstore, grounders, overgirds, porridges.
	+3 letters: browridges, deprograms, dogberries, drugstores, garderobes, garrisoned, progressed, recordings, roughdries, surrogated, wrongdoers.
	+4 letters: bargeboards, bridegrooms, bridgeworks, cordgrasses, dendrograms, denigrators, discourager, disordering, foregrounds, misordering, resoldering, retrogrades, roughriders, wordmongers.
	+5 letters: demographers, discographer, discouragers, fingerboards, footdraggers, geopressured, gormandizers, gradiometers, grandmothers, groundwaters, misprogramed, misrecording, overdressing, overstriding, retrogressed, undergrounds, undergrowths, underscoring.
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