Meredith Willson
| Meredith Willson | |
|---|---|
 Meredith Willson, 1937. | |
| Rođenje | Robert Meredith Willson 18. 5. 1902. Mason City, Iowa |
| Smrt | 15. 6. 1984. (dob: 82) |
| Alma mater | Julliard Scholl |
| Zanimanje | kompozitor dirigent dramatičar |
Robert Meredith Willson (18. maj 1902 – 15. jun 1984) bio je američki kompozitor, kantautor, dirigent i dramatičar, najpoznatiji kao autor popularnog brodvejskog mjuzikla The Music Man. Osim njega je napisao tri mjuzikla, komponirao niz simfonija i popularnih pjesama, te brojne filmske partiture, zahvaljujući kojima je dva puta nominiran za Oscara.
- Willson, Meredith. And There I Stood With My Piccolo. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press Arhivirano 2011-06-05 na Wayback Machine-u, 1948, 2009.
- Willson, Meredith. Eggs I Have Laid, Holt, 1955.
- Willson, Meredith. But He Doesn't Know the Territory. Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press Arhivirano 2011-06-05 na Wayback Machine-u 1959, 2009.
- Skipper, John C. (2000), Meredith Willson: The Unsinkable Music Man Savas Pub. Co, ISBN 1-882810-78-3
- Oates, Bill (2005), Meredith Willson-America's Music Man, Author House, ISBN 1-420835354 Uneseni ISBN nije važeći.
- Meredith Willson na sajtu IMDb
- Meredith Willson na Internet Broadway Database (en)
- NAXOS listing Arhivirano 2008-06-21 na Wayback Machine-u
- MTI Shows biography
- Song Writers Hall of Fame listing
- Des Moines Register bio Arhivirano 2013-01-21 na Archive.is-u
- Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom - June 23, 1987 Arhivirano 2011-04-25 na Wayback Machine-u
- Univ. of Iowa Special Collections, Papers of W. Earl Hall (dating from 1917-1969) Arhivirano 2010-05-09 na Wayback Machine-u
- Meredith "The Music Man" Willson na Find a Grave
