Rodgers & Hammerstein joined in 2009, bringing with them timeless songs and shows loved the world over. More than 60 years since the legendary partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein began, the catalogue is now home to shows of the golden age (THE SOUND OF MUSIC, OKLAHOMA!), standards of the Great American Songbook and exciting contemporary talent.

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Rodgers & Hammerstein

The Music

Founded by the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and headquartered in New York City, Rodgers & Hammerstein (formerly The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization) owns the rights to the world's most popular stage and film musicals, including OKLAHOMA!, CAROUSEL, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I and THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

Many well known songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein feature in these musicals, including "You'll Never Walk Alone", "My Favorite Things" and "Do-Re-Mi". Rodgers & Hammerstein also look after the world famous Irving Berlin Music catalogues containing such legendary songs as "White Christmas", "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade".

As an agency, R&H encompasses a music publishing company; a concert rental library; and a theatrical licensing branch that collectively represent more than 12,000 songs, 900 concert pieces, 200 writers, and 100 musicals, including works by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Guettel, Rodgers & Hart, Kern & Hammerstein, and many more.