Oscar Hammerstein I
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Oscar Hammerstein I was a German-born businessman, theater impresario, and composer in New York City. His passion for opera led him to open several opera houses, and he rekindled opera's popularity in
Portrait from Who's Who on the Stage, 1906
Hammerstein left) with conductor Cleofonte Campanini in New York City in 1908
Stella Hammerstein
Arthur Hammerstein
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Arthur Hammerstein was an American songwriter, dramatist, playwright and theater manager.
Oscar Hammerstein I
…was the grandfather of American playwright/lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II and the father of theater manager William Hammerstein and American producer Arthur Hammerstein. Oscar Hammerstein I was born in Stettin (capital of the province of Pomerania), Kingdom of Prussia in present-day Szczecin, Poland, to German Jewish…
Hammerstein in 1912