Who are Lerner and Loewe?
Frederick Loewe, born in Berlin in 1901, was a composer who came to the United States in 1924 and died in California in 1988. A child prodigy, he began composing at age seven and at 13 soloed as a pianist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra—the youngest ever to do so. His first hit, a song called “Katrina” was written when he was 15. But after his move to the US, his work didn’t receive much attention, even when he partnered with lyricist Earle Crooker.
