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Vincent Youmans

Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer.[1] A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Caesar, Anne Caldwell, Leo Robin, Howard Dietz, Clifford Grey, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Edward Heyman, Harold Adamson, Buddy DeSylva and Gus Kahn. Youmans' early songs are remarkable for their economy of melodic material: two-, three- or four-note phrases are constantly repeated and varied by subtle harmonic or rhythmic changes. In later years, however, he turned to longer musical sentences and more rhapsodic melodic lines.

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1929 photograph of American composer and producer Vincent Youmans

The Philadelphia Inquirer · https: The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1929, pg. 40 · Public domain

Name
Vincent Youmans
Birth Name
Vincent Millie Youmans
Born
27 September 1898
Birthplace
New York City, U.S.
Died
5 April 1946
Place of death
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation
Broadway composer, Broadway producer, song publisher
Full name
Vincent Millie Youmans.
Nationality
United States.
Education
Yale University.
Languages
English.

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Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer.[1] A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Caesar, Anne Caldwell, Leo Robin, Howard Dietz, Clifford Grey, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Edward Heyman, Harold Adamson, Buddy DeSylva and Gus Kahn. Youmans' early songs are remarkable for their economy of melodic material: two-, three- or four-note phrases are constantly repeated and varied by subtle harmonic or rhythmic changes. In later years, however, he turned to longer musical sentences and more rhapsodic melodic lines.

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Vincent Youmans (1898–1946) was a composer, manufacturer and pianist, among other activities, of American nationality. The composer was born Vincent Millie Youmans in New York City and died in Denver. Vincent Youmans was educated at Yale University. Languages used include English.

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