@The Guide to Musical Theatre : Lorenz Hart (later ‘Larry’ to everyone but his mother) was born in 1895 to an affluent German immigrant family in New York. He was unusually short in stature, which haunted his whole life, but by contrast super-energetic and intellectually dynamic
@The Songwriters Hall of Fame : In the late ‘teens a mutual friend introduced Hart to composer Richard Rodgers, seven years his junior and the two began their career writing the scores for amateur musicals presented as charity benefits and Columbia Varsity Shows.
@PBS : : A bachelor living with his widowed mother, whom he once described as a “sweet, menacing old lady,” he was a restless world traveler and, especially after his mother’s death, an alcoholic who disappeared for weeks on end to escape a life periodically unbearable.
@Time : Larry claimed to be descended from the German-Jewish poet Harry Heine, the student of Hegel who converted to Protestantism and changed his name to Christian (!) Johann Heinrich Heine.
- Art Pepper - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered04.28
- Sonny Rollins - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World05.34
- Bob Florence - Everything I Got Belongs To You03.08
- Jazziza - My Funny Valentine07.46
- Gil evans - Wait Till You See Her04.02
- Miles Davis - It Never Entered My Mind04.03
- Ella Fitzgerald - I Didn’t Know What Time It Was03.46
- Peggy Lee - This Can’t Be Love02.20
- Sheila Jordan - Falling In Love With Love02.31
- Frank Sinatra - Dancing on the ceiling03.01
- Paul Desmond - Glad to Be Unhappy05.34
- Gerry Mulligan - The Lady is a Tramp03.11
- Zoot Sims - The Blue Room05.11
- Kenny Drew Trio - Isn’t it Romantic08.58
- Little Girl Blue02.42
- Why Can’t I02.56
- My Romance05.23
- Where Or When02.39
- Lover02.33
- Thou Swell03.06
@Wikipedia : Hart struggled with homosexuality in an era when such a sexual orientation was socially unacceptable, and with alcoholism, which contributed to his death. His personal problems were often the cause of friction between him and Rodgers, and in fact led to a brief breakup in 1943.
@Lorenz Hart: A Poet on Broadway : He never graduated from Columbia nor did he and Rodgers meet there : Rodgers was still in high school, Hart a long way past postgraduate work.
@Ehrensteinland : : Lorenz Hart wrote (among many things), “My Funny Valentine” — a song made famous by Chet Baker, Matt Damon, and Nico. Bill Reed found this photo in a garage sale. I have no idea who took it. (in case you want a closer look at Larry)
@Composers. and Lyricists Database : Rodgers said that Larry wore ‘elevator’ shoes and they could really hurt. Dorothy Rodgers, Richard’s wife has told of her feeling for Larry Hart. “Larry Hart was the best read person I ever met. He was brilliant and we loved him, but he was difficult.”
