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Mary Rodgers

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Mary Rodgers

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
26 Jun 2014 (aged 83)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
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Mary Rodgers was an American composer of musicals and an author of children's books. She was a daughter of composer Richard Rodgers and his wife, Dorothy Belle (née Feiner). She had a sister, Mrs. Linda Emory. She attended the Brearley School in Manhattan, and majored in music at Wellesley College.

She began writing music at the age of 16 and her professional career began with writing songs for Little Golden Records, which were albums for children with three-minute songs. One of these recordings, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, which was released in 1957, featured performances by Bing Crosby of songs Mary Rodgers wrote with lyricist Sammy Kahn. She also composed music for television, including the jingle for the Prince Spaghetti commercial.

She wrote Once Upon a Mattress, The Mad Show, and Hot Spot, (as well as several other works), and to say that she was the author of several successful children's books, most notably The Rotten Book and the Freaky Friday series. She co-wrote a long standing advice column in McCall's Magazine. mother, Dorothy Rodgers, called "Of Two Minds," and co-authored a similar book called "A Word to the Wives." She also collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the scripts for his marvelous Young People's Concerts at the New York Philharmonic. These accomplishments were perhaps better known than her work as a composer and lyricist for the Little Golden Records series. She also served not only on the Board of Juilliard but for many years on that of the Phillips Exeter Academy.

Her first husband, whom she married in December 1951, was Julian B. Beaty, Jr.; they had three children, Tod, Kim, and Nina Beaty. Her second husband was Henry Guettel, to whom she bore two sons, Alec and Adam, a Tony Award-winning musical theatre composer.

Mary Rodgers was a director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization and a board member of ASCAP. She also served for several years as chairman of the Juilliard School. She died at age 83 of a heart ailment, and was survived by five children, seven grandchildren and step-grandchildren, and her sister.

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Mary Rodgers was an American composer of musicals and an author of children's books. She was a daughter of composer Richard Rodgers and his wife, Dorothy Belle (née Feiner). She had a sister, Mrs. Linda Emory. She attended the Brearley School in Manhattan, and majored in music at Wellesley College.

She began writing music at the age of 16 and her professional career began with writing songs for Little Golden Records, which were albums for children with three-minute songs. One of these recordings, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, which was released in 1957, featured performances by Bing Crosby of songs Mary Rodgers wrote with lyricist Sammy Kahn. She also composed music for television, including the jingle for the Prince Spaghetti commercial.

She wrote Once Upon a Mattress, The Mad Show, and Hot Spot, (as well as several other works), and to say that she was the author of several successful children's books, most notably The Rotten Book and the Freaky Friday series. She co-wrote a long standing advice column in McCall's Magazine. mother, Dorothy Rodgers, called "Of Two Minds," and co-authored a similar book called "A Word to the Wives." She also collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the scripts for his marvelous Young People's Concerts at the New York Philharmonic. These accomplishments were perhaps better known than her work as a composer and lyricist for the Little Golden Records series. She also served not only on the Board of Juilliard but for many years on that of the Phillips Exeter Academy.

Her first husband, whom she married in December 1951, was Julian B. Beaty, Jr.; they had three children, Tod, Kim, and Nina Beaty. Her second husband was Henry Guettel, to whom she bore two sons, Alec and Adam, a Tony Award-winning musical theatre composer.

Mary Rodgers was a director of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization and a board member of ASCAP. She also served for several years as chairman of the Juilliard School. She died at age 83 of a heart ailment, and was survived by five children, seven grandchildren and step-grandchildren, and her sister.

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