[Image of: RSS Feed Icon] Toggle page view between regular and printer-friendly

Person Detail: Meredith Willson

Is this YOU? Click here to request an update to your information.

General Information:
Full Name: Meredith Willson
Biography:
(1902-1984) Lyricist, librettist, playwright, author. Meredith Willson was educated at Damrosch Institute of Musical Art (now known as The Juilliard School). He lived in Manhattan.
Author's Timeline:
1902 (Unknown) County
Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa, on May 18, 1902. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Meredith Willson died in Santa Monica, California, on June 15, 1984. 
1957 (Unknown) County
The Music Man
Meredith Willson wrote the book, music, and lyrics for the Broadway musical, "The Music Man." 
1984 (Unknown) County
Meredith Willson was interred at Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. 
1919 New York County
Mr. Willson attended Frank Damrosch's Institute of Musical Art (which later became the Juilliard School) in Manhattan, New York.  
1960 (Unknown) County
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Mr. Willson wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown." 
1963 (Unknown) County
Here's Love
Mr. Willson wrote the music, lyrics, and book for the musical, "Here's Love." 
1969 (Unknown) County
1491
Mr. Willson wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "1491." He co-wrote the book with Richard Morris. 
1948 (Unknown) County
And There I Stood With My Piccolo
(Pub: Doubleday ISBN: )
Autobiography. 
1955 (Unknown) County
Eggs I Have Laid
(Pub: Henry Holt and Company ISBN: )
Autobiography. 
1959 (Unknown) County
But He Doesn't Know the Territory
(Pub: Putnam ISBN: )
Autobiography. 
? New York County
Mr. Willson lived in Manhattan, New York. 
Featured Events
Thursday, August 18
Third Thursday Poetry Night
Albany, NY
7:30 PM   |   View Details »
Thursday, September 29
Broadstone Women in the City
New York, NY
6:00 PM   |   View Details »

Browse the NY Literary Events Calendar »
Browse the NY Special Events Calendar »
Browse National Recurring Events »

Explore New York
Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates See NYC Lit Map Bishop, Elizabeth Cornplanter, Jesse Melville, Herman Clemens (Mark Twain), Samuel Cooper, James Fenimore Gardner, John Barnes, Djuna Harte, Francis Brett Douglass, Frederick Whitman, Walt Paine, Thomas Nabokov, Vladimir Millay, Edna St. Vincent Ali, Agha Shahid View NYC Lit Map Go to home page View NYSCA website
CLOSE
Bronx County New York County (Manhattan) Queens County Kings County (Brooklyn) Richmond County (Staten Island) Poe, Edgar Allan Kubrick, Stanley Hart, Moss Moore, Marianne Craig Kang, Younghill Stein, Gertrude Corso, Gregory Da Ponte, Lorenzo de Burgos, Julia Singer, Isaac Bashevis Hansberry, Lorraine Parker, Dorothy McCarthy, Mary Schomburg, Arthur A. Baldwin, James Cather, Willa Sibert View NYS Lit Map Go to home page View NYSCA website
CLOSE
[Please Wait Spinner] Please Wait...