About Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon"; "The Lady Is a Tramp"; "Manhattan"; "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"; and "My Funny Valentine". == Early life and education == Lorenz Milton Hart was born on May 2, 1895 in Harlem, New York City, the elder of two sons, to German Jewish immigrant parents, Max M. and Frieda (née Isenberg) Hart. Through his mother, he was a great-grandnephew of the German poet Heinrich Heine. His father, a business promoter, sent Hart and his brother to private schools. (His brother, Teddy Hart, also went into theatre and became a musical comedy star. Teddy Hart's wife, Dorothy Hart, wrote a biography of Lorenz Hart.) Hart's exposure to theater began through his parents, who took him to Yiddish and German theater productions in New York. When they were old enough, Hart and his brother attended the theater on their own. Precociously well read, he published poems and fiction in student publications and at summer camp wrote comedic revues for fellow campers. Hart received his early education at Columbia Grammar School and entered Columbia College in 1913, graduating in 1918.
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