Example sentences for: hammerstein

How can you use “hammerstein” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Yes, Oscar Hammerstein's lyric is full of "dat" and "dese" (obviously, he was self-taught at Ebonics), but funnily enough, when Paul Robeson sang the song in the London production of Show Boat in 1928, the biggest problem he had was wrapping his beautiful, impeccable vowels around the soi-disant dialect lyric.

  • "The most saccharine of the Rodgers and Hammerstein" collaborations, says New York 's John Simon.

  • Hammerstein rhymes when the song requires it--a lesson his pupil, Sondheim, has forgotten.

  • but I doubt it: That's not the way the ear hears music, and Hammerstein was too sensitive a lyricist to be so numbingly literal.

  • Where Have You Gone, Oscar Hammerstein?


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