During the last phase of his theatrical composing career, Kern continued to work with his previous collaborators but also met Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, with whom Kern wrote his most lasting, memorable, and well-known works. The most successful of these are as follows: Sunny (1925) – a follow-up to Sally and almost as big a hit; first collaboration with Hammerstein and Harbach Criss Cross (1926) – with Harbach Show Boat (1927;...
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During the last phase of his theatrical composing career, Kern continued to work with his previous collaborators but also met Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, with whom Kern wrote his most lasting, memorable, and well-known works. The most successful of these are as follows: Sunny (1925) – a follow-up to Sally and almost as big a hit; first collaboration with Hammerstein and Harbach Criss Cross (1926) – with Harbach Show Boat (1927;...