Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901, June 10 | Born, Berlin, Germany, to Edmund Loewe, a well-known Viennese tenor who originated the role of Prince Danilo in The Merry Widow ( 1906 ) and Rosa (Rose) Stagl Loewe, an actress. Loewe occasionally claimed that he was born in Vienna, Austria, which could have been due to his fear of anti-German sentiment after World War II |
| 1906 | Began piano lessons |
| 1906-1914 | Attended Berlin Military Academy |
| circa 1908 | Began composing Contributed several numbers to his father's variety act |
| circa 1910-circa 1920 | Studied music at Stern Conservatory in Berlin Studied piano with Ferruccio Busoni and Eugen d'Albert Studied composition and orchestrations with Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček |
| 1914 | Became the youngest piano soloist to appear with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra |
| 1916 | Composed hit song "Katrina" |
| 1923 | Awarded the Hollander Medal for piano |
| 1924 | Accompanied parents on a trip to the United States Gave a concert at New York’s Town Hall |
| circa 1925-circa 1929 | Worked odd jobs in New York such as, busboy in a cafeteria, bantam weight boxer at a Brooklyn athletic club |
| circa 1929-circa 1930 | Worked out West as itinerant cowboy, gold prospector, cowpuncher in Montana, mail carrier on horseback |
| circa 1930-circa 1939 | Played piano in Greenwich Village nightclub and at the Rivoli Theatre, a movie house on Broadway; taught horseback riding at a New Hampshire resort; played piano on cruise ships and in Yorkville beerhalls |
| 1931 | Married Ernestine “Tina” Zwerleine, manager of the Hattie Carnegie fashion enterprises (divorced 1957) |
| 1933 | Played piano in pit orchestra for operetta Champagne, Sec Befriended cast member Kitty Carlisle |
| 1935, Mar. 4 | Operetta Petticoat Fever opened (Loewe song interpolated into its score) |
| 1935 | Joined the Lambs Club in New York |
| 1935-1940 | Worked on unproduced musical The Milkman’s Serenade in collaboration with James Tranter |
| 1936, Jan. 22 | The Illustrator’s Show opened (Loewe song interpolated into its score) |
| 1937, June 12 | Salute to Spring , with Loewe score, opened in St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1938, Dec. 1 | Great Lady , with Loewe score, opened |
| 1942, Mar. 27 | Gave recital at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, including excerpts from his own Insect Suite |
| 1942 | Met Alan Jay Lerner at the Lambs Club Lerner and Loewe composed the score for the show The Life of the Party |
| 1943, Nov. 11 | What’s Up? , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| 1945, Nov. 22 | The Day Before Spring , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| 1947, Mar. 13 | Brigadoon , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| 1951, Nov. 12 | Paint Your Wagon , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| circa 1953 | Worked on unproduced musical Saints and Sinners in collaboration with Harold Rome |
| 1956, Mar. 15 | My Fair Lady , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| 1958, Feb. 26 | Suffered heart attack |
| 1958 | Gigi (film), with Lerner and Loewe score, released |
| 1960, Dec. 3 | Camelot , with Lerner and Loewe score, opened |
| 1960-1969 | Lived in Palm Springs, California in the winter, the Riviera in the spring, the Tyrol in the summer, and occasionally in New York |
| 1962 | Travelled to Japan with Burgess Meredith to research a musical |
| 1967, Oct. 24 | Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary degree), New York University |
| 1973, Nov. 13 | Stage version of Gigi opened, with four new Lerner and Loewe songs |
| 1974 | The Little Prince (film), with Lerner and Loewe score, released |
| 1979, May 14 | Gala tribute for Lerner and Loewe at the Winter Garden Theater |
| 1985 | Received Kennedy Center Honor |
| 1986, June 14 | Alan Jay Lerner died |
| 1988, Feb. 14 | Loewe died from a heart attack at his home, Palm Springs, California |