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"Elegance"

Posted by:	WaymanWong 08:08 pm EDT 08/11/14
In reply to:	"Motherhood" - Greg_M 07:12 pm EDT 08/11/14

I understand that Bob Merrill reportedly wrote ''Elegance,'' too. But how did that come about: through David Merrick or Gower Champion? I can't imagine that Jerry Herman could be thrilled about inserting someone else's songs into his score. Along those lines, Charles Strouse reveals in his memoir, ''Put on a Happy Face,'' that Champion encouraged him and Lee Adams to write a new song for ''Hello, Dolly!,'' based on a phrase that caught their eye from Thorton Wilder's ''The Matchmaker.'' The phrase: ''Before the Parade Passes By.'' However, Strouse says the version that's in the show is Herman's own creation. But thanks to Strouse & Adams' work (they also restructured the Act I finale), they get some $$$ from that song. I wonder if this still happens: I would imagine that the Dramatists Guild would protect the original writer's work.

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