Charles Strouse
Muzyka, Aktor
7 czerwca 1928 — 15 maja 2025 (96 years)
Charles Strouse (June 7, 1928 — May 15, 2025) was an American composer and lyricist, best known for Broadway hits as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, films including Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), and for the TV series All in the Family (1971–79).
Strouse was born in New York City, the son of Ethel (Newman) and Ira Strouse. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 1947, he received two scholarships to Tanglewood, where he studied under composer Aaron Copland. Subsequently, Copland arranged for Strouse to get a scholarship with legendary teacher, Nadia Boulanger, in Paris.
Strouse met songwriting partner, lyricist Lee Adams, at a party in 1949, and the duo began a longtime collaboration starting with writing songs for summer resorts in the Adirondacks. Strouse and Adams contributed material to numerous Off-Broadway musical revues, including Catch a Star, Shoestring Revue, The Littlest Revue and Kaleidoscope, and wrote specialty material for Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Jane Morgan and Dick Shawn.
Strouse was passionate about collaboration and would earn Tony Award nominations for his scores with lyricists: David Rogers, Charlie & Algernon (1980), based on the novel Flowers for Algernon, Steven Schwartz, for Rags (1986), with book writer Joseph Stein starring Teresa Stratas, and Nick and Nora (1991), a musical based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man characters, written with Richard Maltby, Jr.
In addition to his awards, Strouse was the recipient of several honorary doctorates. He was a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, inducted in 1985, and the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Strouse also composed orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos, and an opera. His original piano work, Concerto America, was composed in 2002 to commemorate 9/11 and premiered at The Boston Pops in 2004. His opera Nightingale (1982), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions.
Strouse was born in New York City, the son of Ethel (Newman) and Ira Strouse. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 1947, he received two scholarships to Tanglewood, where he studied under composer Aaron Copland. Subsequently, Copland arranged for Strouse to get a scholarship with legendary teacher, Nadia Boulanger, in Paris.
Strouse met songwriting partner, lyricist Lee Adams, at a party in 1949, and the duo began a longtime collaboration starting with writing songs for summer resorts in the Adirondacks. Strouse and Adams contributed material to numerous Off-Broadway musical revues, including Catch a Star, Shoestring Revue, The Littlest Revue and Kaleidoscope, and wrote specialty material for Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Jane Morgan and Dick Shawn.
Strouse was passionate about collaboration and would earn Tony Award nominations for his scores with lyricists: David Rogers, Charlie & Algernon (1980), based on the novel Flowers for Algernon, Steven Schwartz, for Rags (1986), with book writer Joseph Stein starring Teresa Stratas, and Nick and Nora (1991), a musical based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man characters, written with Richard Maltby, Jr.
In addition to his awards, Strouse was the recipient of several honorary doctorates. He was a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, inducted in 1985, and the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Strouse also composed orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos, and an opera. His original piano work, Concerto America, was composed in 2002 to commemorate 9/11 and premiered at The Boston Pops in 2004. His opera Nightingale (1982), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions.
Filmografia
| 2014 | Annie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1999 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1992 | A Child's Garden of Verses · as Composer |
| 1982 | Annie · as Original Music Composer |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want · as Original Music Composer |
| 1975 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | Justice for All · as Composer |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | |
| 1963 |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2018 | Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America · as Self - Composer |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Self |
| 2013 | The Broadway.Com Show · as Self |
| 2013 | Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy · as Self |
| 2010 | Hitlåtens historia · as Self |
| 2007 | Words and Music by Jerry Herman · as Self |
| 2006 | Life After Tomorrow · as Self |
| 1986 | Liberty Weekend · as Self |
| 1982 | All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story · as Self |
| 1977 | The 31st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances · as Self |
| 1969 | Playboy After Dark · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self - Composer |
| 1987 | Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street · as Mr. Primm/mover #1 (voice) |
| 1987 | HBO Storybook Musicals · as Mover #1 |
| 2021 | Annie Live! · as Songs |
| 2021 | Annie Live! · as Theatre Play |
| 2014 | Annie · as Theatre Play |
| 1999 | Annie · as Theatre Play |
| 1995 | Annie: A Royal Adventure! · as Songs |
| 1995 | Annie: A Royal Adventure! · as Play "annie Music" |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven · as Songs |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | The Worst Witch · as Songs |
| 1982 | Annie · as Theatre Play |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... · as SongsNa Plex |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's · as Songs |