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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Heimatort
London, England
Geburtstag
1948
Genre
Musicals
Known for some of the world’s best-loved musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most commercially successful composer in history.
∙ Lloyd Webber’s early collaborations with acclaimed lyricist Tim Rice resulted in the hit shows Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita.
∙ The blockbuster show Cats premiered in London in 1981. Inspired by the poems of T.S. Eliot, it was the first musical Lloyd Webber composed without a lyricist.
∙ In production since 1988, The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running show in Broadway history, and the musical’s original 1986 London recording is the best-selling cast album of all time.
∙ After being knighted by Queen Elizabeth and appointed an Honorary Life Peer, Lloyd Webber served in Britain’s House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.
∙ He is the only composer other than Rodgers & Hammerstein to have four musicals on Broadway at the same time: Sunset Boulevard, School of Rock, Phantom of the Opera, and Cats.
∙ As the winner of an Emmy, four Grammys, one Oscar, and six Tonys, he is one of the select few people to have achieved EGOT status.
Musikalische EinflüsseZu den musikalischen Einflüssen von Andrew Lloyd Webber gehören Frederick Loewe, Irving Berlin, Mack David und andere.
Beeinflusst von Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber hat die Musik von Sarah Brightman, Air Supply, Trans-Siberian Orchestra und anderen beeinflusst.
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