Ham‧mer‧stein, Oscar /ˈhæməstaɪn $ -mər-/
(1895–1960) a US songwriter, who worked for many years with the
composer Richard
Rodgers to produce many famous
musicals (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story), such as
Oklahoma!,
The King and I,
South Pacific, and
the sound of music [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲